Ukraine: Barley exports up 19% from last season

Ukrainian barley exports kept their faster pace in April-May 2017. In total, the country has exported 5.25 mln tonnes of barley this season, i.e. already 19% more than for the whole last season, reports UkrAgroConsult.

Deliveries of Ukrainian barley to Libya reached a record 920 thousand tonnes. Exports to the EU market increased 53% to 348 thousand tonnes against 227 thousand for the whole last season.

This season witnessed a rise in Ukrainian barley shipments to almost all the key export destinations such as Jordan, Israel, Algeria and Morocco.

Noteworthy is some recovery of barley exports from Ukraine to Turkey. In the period under review, Ukrainian exporters shipped 128 thousand tonnes of barley to this country against 11 thousand in MY 2015/16.

16 June, 2017