Ukraine plans to expand geography of exports of Ukrainian wheat to the markets of China and Vietnam in 2018, as well as relax supplies to Indonesia, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumers’ Protection has reported. “The export of wheat from Ukraine in 2016/2017 agricultural year amounted to more than 17.5 million tonnes, while Indonesia ranked fourth in the system of Ukrainian wheat exports – more than 1.6 million tonnes (9%). At the same time, in 2017/2018 agri-year Indonesia was the first in the statistics for wheat exports – more than 1 million tonnes,” Head of the authority Volodymyr Lapa said at a meeting with the representatives of the Grain and Oilseed Committee of the European Business Association (EBA).
The annual export of grain and oilseeds from Ukraine is about 40 million tonnes, he said.
The meeting participants also discussed the current state of grain exports and phytosanitary requirements of partner countries in international trade.
Deputy Head of the Department of Phytosanitary Security, Head of Plant Quarantine Department of the Department of Phytosanitary Security and Control in the Seed Industry of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumers’ Protection Vadym Chaikovsky said that when forming export batches of crops and crop products, it is necessary to comply with the phytosanitary requirements of the partner countries of Ukraine. If necessary, free areas from pests should be established and be prepared for an annual inspection of agricultural crops for export to China.
