Ukraine boosted its agriculture exports 19 percent to $16.4 billion in the first eleven months of 2017, thanks to higher sales of vegetable oil, grains and sugar, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. Ukraine exported 5.3 million tonnes of sunflower oil worth $3.99 billion, 17.1 million tonnes of maize at $2.7 billion and 16 million tonnes of wheat worth $2.5 billion, the ministry said in a statement.

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