The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will propose that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko should create eight trade missions to promote exports of Ukrainian goods, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

"Under Ukrainian law this is within the competence of the Ukrainian president and I'm sure that the president will support the initiative of the government," he said.

Yatseniuk said that the cabinet will propose that trade missions should be established in the European Union (Brussels), the United States (Washington), China, Egypt, Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey.

Yatseniuk said that next week, the government will meet with the largest Ukrainian exporters to discuss the expansion of Ukrainian exports and support for Ukrainian exporters.