E-Malt.com News article: 2694

Ukraine: In March 2004 Ukraine exported about 104 thousand tonnes of barley that is 62% more than in February 2004. Meanwhile the average contract price increased from 139.9 US$/t in February to 145.6 US$/t in March, according to Ukrainian Gosscomstat. In March Ukraine delivered 42.3 thousand tonnes of barley to Turkey - 41%; 38.2 thousand tonnes to Cyprus – 37%; 5.1 thousand tonnes to Saudi Arabia – 5%. In March Ukraine also continued shipping barley to Belarus – 3.9 thousand tonnes for an average price of 148 US$/t and to Russia – 0.99 thousand tonnes for 208.2 US$/t average price.

For the first nine months of the market year Ukraine exported about 1.23 million tonnes of barley that is 2.1 times less than in the same period last year. About 61% of these shipments (476 thousand tonnes) were delivered to Saudi Arabia. In April Ukraine exported 45 thousand tonnes of barley; in May already 25 thousand tonnes. Hence the total volume of Ukrainian barley export reached 1.3 million tonnes and the forecast for the entire market year is estimated at 1.37 million tonnes.


26 May, 2004