date:Mar 22, 2013
ses, Vernytsky said.
Ukraine's Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said this week that Ukrainian private companies were considering an increase in their food exports to Iran, despite payment problems caused by the sanctions.
He said that such shipments by private companies were already under way, adding that there were no barter deals with Iran but direct payments.
The minister declined to give details of how Iranian consumers pay for Ukrainian produce.
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