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In January this year Ukraine exported 255,000 tonnes of barley, which is by 32,000 tonnes or 11% les than the month before. Average export price in January rose to $86.3 per ton from $81.9 per tonne in December.
Despite general decrease of shipments, sales to Saudi Arabia continued to grow. In the month in review they constituted 219,000 tons or 86% of the whole monthly export. Amounts close to 10,000 tonnes went to Cyprus, Algeria and Israel.
Over the seven months of the marketing year (MY - July to June) Ukraine exported 2.24 million tons of barley, which exceeds the export in the corresponding period of the past season by less than 1%. Over the whole 2002/02 MY Ukraine exported 2.8 million ton of barley. APK-Inform estimates the export in February to have constituted some 200,000 to 220,000 tonnes. We expect the export in this season to reach 3.5 million ton. (Agrimarket info)
04 April, 2003
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