Ukraine is starting to live up to its reputation as Europe’s breadbasket. Exports of wheat, barley and sunflower oil are at or near all-time highs, part of an agricultural revival that began to take hold in 2013. The industry’s rise coincides with declines in export mainstays such as steel and iron ore, which are produced largely in the nation’s east and have suffered amid the conflict there with Russian-backed insurgents. Trade data due Feb. 14 are set to underline the shift.
Bloomberg: New ‘locomotive’ powering Ukraine as economy retools after war
Farmer harvests a field on land near Zhovtneve village, in the region of Chernihiv, some 220km north of Kyiv on August 11, 2009.
