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To analyze contemporary state of beer and hop branches of Ukraine, to mark out problems and reference points of their further integration. Methods. Economic-and-statistical; monographic; analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction; graphical and comparative. Results. Contemporary state and dynamics of development of beer and hop branches is studied. Their complementarity is justified. Reference points of integration development of beer and hop branches are specified. Conclusions. Beer and hop markets are interconnected and response on economic (prices, purchasing capacity) and technological (change of technique, overproduction) factors. Now the basic reference point of revitalization and development of hop branch is the solution of its basic proble-absence of sales of its produce in home market that restrains development of production of hop plant in Ukraine.

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