In February 2017, Ukrainian farmers received 79.8 million UAH of budget subsidies in the framework of the program on quasi-accumulation of VAT. This was told by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovoy, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

"Compensation for February showed that this mechanism is working and farmers have already received funds for February," he said..

In total, the State Treasury Service of Ukraine transferred from the non-budgetary account of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy subsidies to 683 agricultural producers for a total of UAH 306.3 million for the automatic payment of subsidies under the state support of agricultural producers. The balance of funds will be transferred to the payment of subsidies for May.