Ukraine since the beginning of the new 2019/2020 marketing year (MY, July-June) and as of October 30, 2019 had exported 17.94 million tonnes of grain and legumes, which is 32% more than on the same date last MY.
According to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, to date, the country has exported 10.92 million tonnes of wheat, 3.59 million tonnes of corn, and 3.2 million tonnes of barley.
As of October 31 of this year, farmers had exported 109,700 tonnes of flour.
As reported, Ukraine in the 2018/2019 MY exported a record 50.4 million tonnes of grain, legumes and flour, which is 23% more than in the previous MY.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in September raised its forecast for grain exports for the 2019/2020 MY by 400,000 tonnes compared with the August forecast, to 54.44 million tonnes.
