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The grain harvest in Ukraine this year will reach 47 million tonnes, according to Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov.

“I think that 47 [million tonnes of grain] is the forecast. We’ve
calculated it from various points of view. I think that we’ll achieve
[this target],” he said in Kyiv on July 2 during consultations with
nongovernmental organizations operating in the agriculture sector.