PJSC State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine in January-October 2019 exported 2.34 million tonnes of grain and sold 160,040 tonnes of flour and bran.
According to a report on its website, during the reporting period it shipped 751,200 tonnes of grain to the main partner, China’s National Corporation CCEC.
Corn ranked first in the commodity structure of grain exports by the corporation, its share in the total volume continued to grow in the reporting period, and reached 67%.
The main buyers of the corporation’s products were Austria, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Italy, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Bangladesh, China, and Venezuela. Deliveries to third countries are carried out through CCEC.
State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine was created by the government of Ukraine in August 2010. It includes an extensive network of branches: linear and port elevators, mills, feed mills and cereal plants. A total of 53 subdivisions can store 3.7 million tonnes of grain, including about 2.5 million tonnes per year of total capacity for transshipment of grains for exports in Odesa and Mykolaiv ports.
Ukraine since the beginning of the 2019/2020 marketing year (MY, July-June) and as of November 8, 2019 had exported 20.755 million tonnes of grain and leguminous plants, which is 44.3% more than on the same date of the previous MY.
According to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, to date, the country has exported 12.12 million tonnes of wheat, 5.03 million tonnes of corn, and 3.36 million tonnes of barley.
As of November 8 this year, some 129,300 tonnes of flour had been also exported.
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.
Ukraine since the beginning of the 2019/2020 marketing year (MY, July-June) and as of November 4, 2019 had exported 19.64 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, which is 42.9% 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 11.67 million tonnes of wheat, 4.39 million tonnes of corn, and 3.34 million tonnes of barley.
As of November 4 of this year, 118,600 tonnes of flour had been also exported.
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.
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.
Ukraine since the beginning of the new marketing year 2019/2020 (MY, July-June) and as of October 25, 2019 had exported 17.597 million tonnes of grain and legumes, which is 42.6% more than on the same date of the previous MY.
According to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, to date, the country has exported 10.76 million tonnes of wheat, 3.4 million tonnes of corn, and 3.2 million tonnes of barley.
As of October 25 of this year, farmers had exported 107,300 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 from Ukraine for the 2019/2020 MY by 400,000 tonnes compared with the August forecast, to 54.44 million tonnes.
Ukraine as of October 24 had threshed 62 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from 13.5 million hectares (ha) with the average yield being 4.5 tonnes/ha, according to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine.
According to the report, farmers harvested 21.9 million tonnes of corn from an area of 3.2 million ha (66% of the forecast), 152,000 tonnes of millet from 81,000 ha (90%), 86,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 65,000 ha (95%). Early grain and leguminous crops were collected in the amount of 39.2 million tonnes from an area of 9.96 million ha.
In addition, 13.5 million tonnes of sunflower seeds were harvested from 5.6 million ha (95%), soybeans in the amount of 3.4 million tonnes from 1.5 million ha (94%), and 6.5 million tonnes of sugar beets from an area of 149,000 ha (68%).
As of October 24, Ukrainian farmers had sowed winter crops for the harvest of 2020 on an area of 6.6 million ha, or 91% of the forecast, of which winter wheat amounted to 5.7 million ha (91%), rye to 117,000 ha (96%), and winter barley to 834,000 ha (91%).
In addition, winter rapeseeds were sown on an area of 1.1 million ha.