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Some 1,077,050 state acts for ownership rights to land were issued in 2012 in Ukraine to the public, as well as 6,950 acts to companies and 13,877 state acts for the right to permanently use land, the press service of the State Agency for Land Resources has reported.

The press service said that 1,183,120 land leasing agreements were registered in 2012.

The agency has not disclosed similar data for 2011.

As reported, from January 1 to October 10, 2012 some 703,379 state acts for ownership rights to land were issued to the public, which is 66.5% up year-over-year. Over the period 4,690 state acts were issued to companies (a rise of 21.4%) and 9,253 acts for the right to permanently use land were issued (twice more).

In the period from January 1 to October 10, 2012, 790,013 land leasing agreements were registered, a rise of 2.12 times year-over-year.