On September 15-17, a meeting of the Ukrainian-Moldovan council of entrepreneurs is taking place in Lutsk. As reported by the "Novosti-Moldova" agency with reference to a source in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of the Republic of Moldova, during the meeting proposals will be developed to improve conditions for import-export operations, as well as to eliminate barriers to cooperation between business entities of the two countries. The participants of the meeting will visit a number of large Ukrainian enterprises. The Ukrainian-Moldovan council of entrepreneurs was created a year ago on the initiative of the CCI of Moldova and Ukraine to improve economic relations. Ukraine occupies first place in the structure of Moldovan imports. In the first half of this year, goods worth 182.9 million dollars were imported from the neighboring country, which is 43.6% more than in the corresponding period of 2003. In turn, economic agents of the RM exported products worth 30.4 million dollars to Ukraine from January through June (an increase of 9.6% compared to the corresponding period of last year).