As of March 24, Ukraine exported 31.736 mln tonnes of grains and pulses since the beginning of 2024/2025 marketing year (MY, July 2024 – June 2025), of which 2.553 mln tonnes were shipped this month, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported, citing the data of the State Customs Service.
According to the report, as of March 27 last year, the total shipments amounted to 34.199 mln tons, including 4.529 mln tons in March.
At the same time, in terms of crops, since the beginning of the current season, as of March 24, 2025, wheat was exported – 12.798 mln tonnes (815 thsd tonnes in March), barley – 2.193 mln tonnes (49 thsd tonnes), rye – 10.8 thsd tonnes (0), corn – 16.26 mln tonnes (1.68 mln tonnes).
Total exports of Ukrainian flour in the period under review are estimated at 52.2 thsd tonnes (3.7 thsd tonnes in March), including 48.3 thsd tonnes of wheat (3.6 thsd tonnes).
As of March 20, Ukraine sowed 250.4 thousand hectares of spring grains and legumes in 19 regions, up 16.7% year-on-year, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on Friday.
According to the report, 36.7 thousand hectares were planted with wheat (12.9 thousand hectares a week earlier), 133.5 thousand hectares with barley (45.2 thousand hectares), 57 thousand hectares with peas (17.8 thousand hectares), and 16.9 thousand hectares with oats (7.2 thousand hectares).
Last week, Ukrainian farmers sowed grains and pulses on 167.4 thou hectares.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the leading regions in terms of sowing are Mykolaiv, which sowed spring crops on 43 thou hectares, including 1.5 thou hectares of wheat, 22.5 thou hectares of barley, 18.7 thou hectares of peas and 0.3 thou hectares of oats; Ternopil – 6.4 thou hectares of wheat, 21.3 thou hectares of barley, 2.1 thou. hectares of peas, 1.5 thousand hectares of oats; Kirovograd – 0.9 thousand hectares of wheat, 14.5 thousand hectares of barley, 10.5 thousand hectares of peas; Vinnytsia – 5.6 thousand hectares of wheat, 12.3 thousand hectares of barley, 5.3 thousand hectares of peas, 0.9 thousand hectares of oats; Rivne – 0.5 thousand hectares of wheat, 10.7 thousand hectares of barley, 0.7 thousand hectares of peas, 3.3 thousand hectares of oats.
The Ministry reminded that in general, in 2025, it is planned to sow more than 5.7 million hectares of spring grains and legumes, which corresponds to the level of 2024. The main feature of the new season will be an increase in the area under spring wheat by 28%, to 222.8 thou hectares. Such changes in the crop structure correspond to the stable demand for wheat from processing companies and exporters.
As reported, as of March 21, 2024, Ukraine sowed 214.5 thsd ha of spring grains and pulses in 20 regions. Peas were sown on 53.1 thou hectares, barley on 117.3 thou hectares, wheat on 29 thou hectares, and oats on 10.6 thou hectares.
As of March 12, Ukraine exported 31.022 mln tonnes of grains and pulses since the beginning of 2024-2025 marketing year (July-June), of which 1.839 mln tonnes were shipped this month, the press service of the
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported, citing the data of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.
According to the report, as of March 20 last year, the total shipments amounted to 32.851 mln tons, including 3.181 mln tons in March.
In terms of crops, since the beginning of the current season, Ukraine has exported 12.509 million tons of wheat (526 thousand tons in March), 2.192 million tons of barley (48 thousand tons), 10.8 thousand tons of rye (0), and 15.839 million tons of corn (1.259 million tons).
The total export of Ukrainian flour since the beginning of the season as of March 17 is estimated at 51 thsd tonnes (2.5 thsd tonnes in March), including 47.1 thsd tonnes of wheat (2.4 thsd tonnes).
In February 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) reduced the volume of grain cargo transportation to export destinations to 2,363.1 thousand tons, which is 496.3 thousand tons, or 17.4% less compared to January 2025, said Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the
Commercial Department, at a meeting of the UZ Exporters Office on Wednesday.
According to him, in February 2025, 2,171.0 thousand tons were transported to ports, which is 455.7 thousand tons, or 17.3%, less than in January this year, and 192.1 thousand tons were transported through land border crossings (40.6 thousand tons, or 17.5% less).
“Compared to February 2025/2024, the volume of grain cargo transportation in export traffic decreased by 28.5% (by 941.1 thsd tonnes),” emphasized the representative of UZ.
Mr. Tkachev noted that in January-February 2025, UZ transported 5,222.5 thousand tons of grain cargo for export, which is 1,448.2 thousand tons, or 21.7%, less than in the same period of 2024.
At the same time, 4 797.6 thsd tonnes were transported to ports in two months of 2025, and 424.9 thsd tonnes were transported through land crossings.
Therefore, the share of transportation volumes in the export traffic of grain cargoes in the direction of ports is currently 92%, and 8% by land.
As of March 3, Ukraine exported 29.202 mln tonnes of grains and pulses since the beginning of 2024-2025 marketing year (MY, July-June), of which 84 thsd tonnes were shipped this month, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported, citing the data of the State Customs Service.
According to the report, as of March 4 last year, the total shipments amounted to 29.951 mln tonnes, including 270 thsd tonnes in March.
In terms of crops, since the beginning of the current season, Ukraine has exported 12.014 million tons of wheat (31 thousand tons in March), 2.126 million tons of barley (0), 10.8 thousand tons of rye (0), and 14.62 million tons of corn (53 thousand tons).
The total export of Ukrainian flour since the beginning of the season as of February 26 is estimated at 47.8 thsd tonnes (4.2 thsd tonnes in February), including 44.1 thsd tonnes of wheat (3.9 thsd tonnes).
IMC Agro Holding has added 150 grain carriers to its own railcar fleet, which now totals 300 cars, its press service reports.
According to the report, in 2024-2025, IMC invested about $22 million in grain cars.
“This railcar fleet will allow us to largely abandon leased railcars for the transportation of grain to ports,” IMC CEO Oleksandr Verzhykhovsky was quoted as saying in the report.
He added that, according to the agricultural holding, after the commissioning of this fleet, IMC will be able to transport up to 80% of the annual volume of grain grown with its own wagons, providing confidence in the timely execution of the railway component of export logistics and significantly saving on rail transportation.
IMC Agro Holding is an integrated group of companies operating in Sumy, Poltava and Chernihiv regions (north and center of Ukraine) in the crop production, elevators and warehouses segments. The Group’s land bank is about 120 thousand hectares and storage capacity is 554 thousand tons, with a harvest of 1.002 million tons in 2023.
In 2023, IMC posted a net loss of $21.03 million compared to $1.12 million a year earlier, and its EBITDA decreased 11.3 times to $3.22 million. Revenue increased by 22.3% to $139.45 million, while the share of exports decreased to 68% from 73% a year earlier.
