Economic figures of agricultural enterprises expenses on berry growing

Abstract

In the article the perspectives of berry growing in Ukraine are described. The most common berry crops, which provide the fastest payback from investment in them, are compared. The figures of production cost grown berry crops in regions together with the rate of profitability and production expenses on 1 hundredweight have been estimated. The economicstatistical analysis of The State Statistics Service has been extendedly done. In Ukraine as a whole, total costs are growing annually within 6%, that is, production costs have constantly increased. Direct material costs (seeds and planting materials, mineral fertilizers, fuel and lubricants, etc. costs) were the lowest in 2018, compared to 2017 — by 8% and since 2019 — by 12%. Labor costs at enterprises specializing in the cultivation of berry crops increased by 2–11% annually. Other direct expenses and general production expenses (deductions for social events, depreciation, payment for third– party services, other direct and general production expenses) increased by 3–16% annually, respectively. The highest production cost is in Vinnytsia region enterprises, while the lowest is in Poltava region. Expenses of agricultural enterprises on 1 hundredweight of berry crops were the highest in Rivne region and the lowest in Volyn and Sumy regions in 2019. The rate of profitability of berry growing was the highest in all agricultural enterprises in Mykolaiv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, whereas the lowest, thus, unprofitable in Kirovograd, Odesa and Poltava regions in 2019; as for farming enterprises it was the highest in Odesa and Zhytomyr regions and the lowest in Sumy and Kyiv regions. The cost of berry crops is conversely linked to the rate of profitability.