The Ukrainian Government has introduced new regulation requiring the mandatory registration of export contracts for certain agricultural and food products at the Agrarian Exchange (AE) or other commodity exchanges, which are certified in accordance with legislation on standards for the sale or supply of goods, and which are authorized by the AE to participate in exchange trading. The measure is effective from 1 February 2011.
The products are the following: wheat, and grain mixture with wheat; corn; barley; rye; peas; buckwheat; millet; oat; soya beans; seeds of sunflower; rape and flax; cones of hop; white granulated sugar of sugar beet; wheat and rye flour; meat and by-products of slaughtered animals and poultry; powdered milk; dairy butter; and vegetable oils.