There are no grounds for the introduction of grain export quotas and the government should only take measures for the Ukrainian Agrarian Fund to accumulate the required stocks of bread grain for domestic needs, according to the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine.
An association report issued on Friday says that the association asked the president, premier, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Agriculture and Economy ministries not to place any administrative restrictions on grain export.
In addition, farmers are asking to increase indicative prices of grain to levels no lower than the following: first class wheat at Hr. 1,850 per tonne, second class wheat Hr. 1,750 per tonne, third class wheat Hr. 1,700 per tonne, fourth class wheat Hr. 1,650 per tonne, fifth class wheat Hr. 1,600 per tonne, sixth class wheat Hr. 1,500 per tonne and barley Hr. 1,600 per tonne.
The association also demands that the government give the Agrarian Fund the status of a national grain trader and foresee Hr. 5 billion in circulating funds for the fund in the national budget for 2011, as well as allocating Hr. 1 billion to create agricultural servicing grain cooperatives.
"If this request is were ignored, the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners will protect its rights, as guaranteed in Ukrainian law, including through the organization of farmers’ protest actions," reads the report.
