KIEV, Dec. 23 - Ukraine is pressing for between $1 bln and $1.5 bln to be set as the yearly level for direct state subsidies to its agro-industrial complex at the current round of World Trade Organization accession talk, Economics Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said in Kiev, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

As he put it, the point at issue are the so-called "red" and "yellow baskets", which include direct subsidies, while the amount of the "green basket", which includes spending on infrastructure, social project, R&D, is not limited.