KIEV, July 15 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed an agreement with one of the largest vertically integrated poultry meat producers in Ukraine - Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) - on the issue of a $50 million loan, Director of the EBRD Representative Office for Ukraine Andre Kuusvek has said.

"Yesterday we signed a loan agreement with MHP," he said on Thursday.

The EBRD told Interfax-Ukraine that the financing includes a $35 million loan, which would be used to buy sunflower seeds and other raw materials for further processing and/or use in production of poultry.