KIEV, Sept. 25 – Ukraine's foreign trade in agriculture in January-July 2015 saw a surplus of $5.6 billion, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko announced.

The minister said that exports of agricultural products totaled $7.7 billion or 35.7% of Ukraine's total exports, while imports came to $2.2 billion, or 10.5% of the country's total imports.

The minister said that the surplus grew by almost 5%.

"This is evidence of the upward pace of development of agricultural sector in crisis conditions for the whole economy. The important factors of the surplus in trade in agriculture are exports of grain (39.9%), oil (23.7%) and oilseeds (7.5%)," Pavlenko said.