KIEV, July 23 - Ukrainian businesses that from July 24 will get the right to supply poultry to the European Union will be allowed to supply by the end of the year at least 50,000 tons of this product to the markets, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

"The supplies will grow in the next few years," he said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.

Prysiazhniuk also said at the same times a two-fold decrease in poultry imports to Ukraine is expected this year compared to the previous one.