E-Malt.com News article: Ukraine: Exports of cereals up 21.1% this season

Ukraine has exported 31.6 million tonnes of cereals so far in the 2021/22 season - which runs from July to June -, 21.1% more than on the same date of the previous season, data from the Ministry of Agriculture showed on December 29.

That figure includes 15.7 million tons of wheat, 5.2 million tons of barley and 10.3 million tons of corn, according to the data.

Agriculture Minister Roman Leshchenko said this month that the country harvested a record 84 million tonnes of clean weight grains this year, up from 65 million tonnes in 2020.

The ministry has said that 2021/22 grain exports could include 24.5 million tons of wheat, 30.9 million tons of corn and 5.2 million tons of barley.

Ukraine’s exports last season included 23.1 million tons of corn, 16.6 million tons of wheat and 4.2 million tons of barley.


29 December, 2021