KIEV, Jan. 5 - The Ukrainian government is taking certain measures to stabilize the domestic grain market, taking into account the most pessimistic forecasts for the 2012 harvest, and believes that there won't be reasons for raising bread prices this year, according to a Cabinet of Ministers statement.

"To level the situation with the expected low yield of winter crops in advance, on November 17, 2011 the Economic Development and Trade Ministry at a meeting of the interdepartmental ad hoc group decided to increase wheat carry-over stocks by 3 million tons, to 5.4 million tons. Thus, the carry-over stocks of all grains could reach 9.1 million tons," reads the statement.