KIEV, March 14 ??“ Ukraine??™s agriculture sector produced and sold 21 billion hryvnias worth of farming produce in 2005, up 31% on the year from 16 billion hryvnias in 2004, Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Baranivsky said.

Ukraine recorded a $1.8 billion (9.09 billion hryvnias) trade surplus in 2005 in foreign trade with farming produce as exports have increased 23% last year, Baranivsky said.