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UKRAINE EXPORTS RECORD HIGH 34.8 MLN TONNES OF GRAIN IN 2014/2015 MY – AGRICULTURE MINISTRY

3 July , 2015  

KYIV. July 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Grain exports from Ukraine, according to preliminary data, in the 2014/2015 marketing year (MY, July-June) amounted to 34.805 million tonnes, including 18.837 million tonnes of corn.

The Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food told Interfax-Ukraine that in the last marketing season Ukraine exported 11.234 million tonnes of wheat, 4.46 million tonnes of barley, and 280,000 tonnes of other crops.

As reported, in 2014 Ukraine harvested a record high of nearly 63.8 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops (excluding Crimea), which is 2.4% more than in 2013.

Exports in the 2013/2014 MY amounted to 32.4 million tonnes.