Ukraine from the beginning of 2022/2023 marketing year (July-June) until February 3, exported 27.46 million tons of cereals, including 15.68 million tons of corn (57.1% of total supplies), 9.84 million tons of wheat (35.8%) and 1.83 million tons of barley (6.7%).
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, the rate of grain exports since the beginning of this MY is 29.8% lower than the same period of the previous MY, when 39.12 million tons were delivered abroad. At that, the highest average daily rate in this MY with the least lagging behind last year’s figure was reached on January 9 (“minus” 29.61%).
According to the Ministry, Ukraine exported 15.68 million tons of corn (-2.1% compared to the same period last year), 9.84 million tons of wheat (1.75 times less), 1.83 million tons of barley (3 times less), 12.8 thousand tons of rye (12.3 times less) and 85 thousand tons of flour (+33%) from the beginning of 2022/2023 MY to February 3 this year.
It is specified that Ukraine exported 483 tons of grain since early February, including 362 tons of corn, 107 tons of wheat, 9 thousand tons of barley and 1.9 tons of flour.
As follows from the Ministry data, during the period from January 27 to February 3, 209.4 thousand tons of grain has been supplied to foreign markets on average per day, whereas during the preceding period from January 20-27 – 121.1 thousand tons / day (an increase of 1.73 times), on January 9-20 – 140 thousand tons / day, on January 2-9 – 121.7 thousand tons / day, and on December 21 – January 2 – 196.4 thousand tons / day on average.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021/2022 MY exported 48.51 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, which is 8.4% higher than in the previous MY, despite the full-scale invasion of Russia and the difficulties with the export of agricultural products due to the blockade of Ukrainian seaports. 18.74 million tons of wheat (12.6% more than in 2020/2021MY), 23.54 million tons of corn (+1.9%), 5.75 million tons of barley (+35.9%), 70.9 thousand tons of flour (-44.1%) were supplied to foreign markets.
Ukraine in 2020/2021 MY exported 44.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops: 16.64 million tons of wheat, 23.08 million tons of corn, 4.23 million tons of barley, 126.9 thousand tons of flour and 18.4 thousand tons of rye.
In 2019/2020, Ukraine exported 56.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.
