Ukraine: Barley inventories down 19.6% as of September 1

According to the State Statistics Service, 23.35 mln tonnes of cereals and pulses were available in Ukraine as of September 1, 2017, or 4.5% less than at the same time last year (24.44 mln tonnes), UkrAgroConsult reported on October 4.

As of the reporting date, wheat stocks were down 5.2% year-on-year at 16.78 mln tonnes against 17.7 mln tonnes as of September 1, 2016. Barley inventories fell by 19.6% against last year, to 3.26 mln tonnes (4.06 mln tonnes in September 2016).

The decrease in grain inventories results both from some yield decline this year and quite active exports in the first months of the season, reports UkrAgroConsult.

At the same time, grower and miller stocks of corn are up 20.4% year-on-year at 1.61 mln tonnes against 1.34 mln tonnes as of September 1, 2016.

03 October, 2017