Business news from Ukraine

Ukraine has exported 39 million tons of grain since beginning of marketing year

10 April , 2023  

Ukraine since the beginning of 2022/2023 marketing year (MY, July-June) and till April 10 has exported 38.82 million tons of grain crops, including 22.86 million tons of corn (58.9% of total supplies), 13.34 million tons of wheat (34.4%) and 2.3 million tons of barley (5.9%).
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Monday, the rate of grain exports since the beginning of this MY is 14.3% lower than the same period of the previous MY, when 45.26 million tons were delivered abroad on that date.
According to the Ministry, Ukraine exported 22.86 million tons of corn (+9.5% compared to the same period last year), 13.33 million tons of wheat (-23%), 2.3 million tons of barley (2.4 times less), 17.7 thousand tons of rye (9.1 times less) and 120.1 thousand tons of flour (+56.9%) from the beginning of 2022/2023 MY to April 10 this year.
It is specified that Ukraine exported 848 thousand tons of cereals, including 476 tons of corn, 337 tons of wheat, 33 thousand tons of barley and 4.2 tons of flour in March.
As reported, Ukraine exported 48.51 million tons of cereals and leguminous crops in 2021/2022 MY, 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 MY, Ukraine exported 56.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.
The total export of Ukrainian flour as of April 10 is estimated at 120.1 thousand tons (in April – 4.3 thousand tons), including wheat – 115.5 thousand tons (4.2 thousand tons).

,