Data in table 3 and picture 2 show that average price for grain was influenced by the sale of wheat, which has a share of about 64 percent in total grain sales. 141.2 254.5 169.2 Pulse crops 215.0 193.2 164.3 270.9 Other grain crops 188.4 129.0 250.6 172.1 Picture 2. But a much more sizable rise was registered in January 2000 - 335 grivnas per ton, while in January 1999 it was only 157 grivnas, so the price doubled. Dynamics of average price of grain, sold on the domestic market, is illustrated by the picture 3. Regrettably the share of later was quite insignificant - only 18 thousand tons.
Crops have substantial price differences by region.
Six oblasts in the Southern region, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovograd, Mikolaev, Odessa and Kherson, sold almost 5.6 million tons, or 41 percent of total sales in Ukraine. This includes wheat at 4 million tons or 44 percent. Prices here were 15-18 percent lower than those in Western oblasts. All the above-mentioned oblasts are closely watched by traders who are processing export contracts through the ports on the Black sea. The highest price for grain, namely wheat, is registered in Zakarpatie, Ivano-Frankovsk and Lviv oblast due to the fact that relatively small areas grow grain and there is a high density of the population.