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The decline in agricultural production in Ukraine in October compared to the same month in 2019 slowed down to 18.3% from 19.2% in September, the State Statistics Service reported on its website.

According to it, in general, in January-October of this year, the decline in the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex accelerated to 14.2% from 13.1% in the first nine months.

As reported, in 2019, agricultural production in Ukraine increased by 1.1% after jumping by 8.1% in 2018 and falling by 2.2% in 2017.