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1.Ukraine sells fashion shoes to ... Italy. Yes, to a country that is famous all over the world for its own brands. And not only to Italy, but also to France, Britain, USA, Germany and dozens of other countries.

We are talking about the Braska brand. Some people pretend this brand as a British, but in fact it is owned by an entrepreneur from the Troyeshchyna. Kyiv. Now 40% of Braska shoes are produced in Ukraine for local consumers, 60% - abroad.

There are other similar firms, for example, Luciano Carvari, Blink and the like.

The most interesting thing is that they started off as "Brands-werewolves", that is, they were sewn in Ukraine under the guise of foreign brands. Now everything is a little different and Europeans wear these shoes with pleasure.

2. Ukraine sells cheese to... Holland. And also butter. And not only to Holland, but also to Denmark, which is famous for its oil. We also sell cheese to Kazakhstan and Egypt, Moldova and the United Arab Emirates. Last year we exported almost 8 thousand tons of cheese and 470 tons of butter.

Another interesting thing is about organic products. Did you know that the Ukrainian company "Organic Milk" (Baranovka, Zhytomyr region) carries organic cheese, yogurt and other "goodies" to the Emirates by plains?

And this company is not the only one - there are nine of them...

3. One of the world's best brands of luxury furniture ... Ukrainian. They are produced by LLC "Furniture factory"Mirt"" (Novograd-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region).

These are not performed by Italian or French masters. They are far from such quality and beauty.

Ukrainian furniture and wooden decorative elements made of natural valuable wood can be seen in foreign embassies, in the offices and homes of famous businessmen, in elite restaurants and hotels of the European Union, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, etc. Among the customers are large international companies, such as Marriott International, headquartered in the United States, which operates 6,080 hotels worldwide.

4. One of the world's best manufacturers of refrigerated display cases for supermarkets... Ukrainian company "Iceberg" (Odessa). Its equipment works in supermarkets, hypermarkets and small shops in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Australia, Iceland and 22 other countries.

It all started with the import of refrigerators from Germany, Italy, Great Britain...

5. Among the world's best sailing yachts ... Ukrainian. We sell them particularly to Canada and Sweden. To Sweden, Karl!

Black Sea Yachts shipyard and Fifth Ocean Yachts from Nikolaev, "Ukrainian Sails" from Kherson and six more Ukrainian manufacturers successfully compete with well-known European and American manufacturers.

6. The most popular skis and snowboards in Europe are... Ukrainian. Every second snowboard and every second pair of skis sold in Austria, Great Britain, Germany, France and other countries. The leader is the "Fisher-Mukachevo" produces 180 models of cross-country skiing and 130 models of alpine skiing.

The factory manufactures products not only by Fischer, but also by other brands, in particular Scott Usa, Stöckli, Tecno Pro, Hagan, Rossignol, Alpina, Splitkein, Tecno.

In total, last year Ukraine sold 731.4 thousand units of this product to the EU.

7. And also Ukraine came out on the third place in the world as a supplier of honey. Supermarkets in France, Germany, Belgium, Emirates, Italy are packed with Ukrainian sweet products. Moreover, Ukraine occupies an honorable third place in terms of exports of chicken to the EU countries.

8. We also sell cigars and cigarettes to Japan, Furthermore, we sell wine to Europe, and not only to Europe. Over the past two years, its exports have doubled.

I will keep quiet about chocolate and sweets - everyone knows this and it is not interesting.

9. We also supply men's clothing to Britain and women's clothing to Germany. Europe and the world wear jeans and other clothes of the famous German brand Brax, not even suspecting that they are sewn at the Lesya factory in the same Novograd-Volynsky. The Lesya factory also has its own brand, among its products are exclusive dresses, tunics, skirts, women's suits and the like. Admire, women, this is a miracle. It's not from Paris.

10. We also export artificial sapphires. USA uses them in the production of ultra-modern body armor and bulletproof glass for the armored cars of presidents and in the rocket and space industry. They are made in the Kharkov Scientific and Technological Complex "Institute of Single Crystals". The world's largest sapphire crystals are grown here.

11. Besides that, Ukraine has rapidly burst into the international IT-technologies market. Now incomes from this sphere occupies the third place (after agricultural products and metallurgy products) in the article of Ukrainian export and every year this direction of high technologies is growing exponentially.

So we can boast not only of cast iron ingots, sunflower oil and memorable electrical wiring for Volkswagen and Opel.