Ukraine exports over 25 mln tonnes of grain since July 1

Ukrainian agribusinesses had exported 25.1 million tonnes of grain since the start of the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, July 2017 – June 2018) by February 14.

In particular, Ukraine exported 12.6 million tonnes of wheat, 3.98 million tonnes of barley, 16,700 tonnes of rye, and 8.5 million tonnes of maize, the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry's press service said.

Over the period under review, the agrarians also shipped 287,600 tonnes of flour abroad, including 286,700 tonnes of wheat flour and 900 tonnes of other types of flour.

Read alsoUkrainian agriexports to EU grow by 37% in 2017As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian agribusinesses in MY 2016-2017 exported 43.8 million tonnes of grain, which was a record high amount over Ukraine's independence. At the same time, revenue from grain exports increased by 6%, to $6.4 billion.

The previous record of grain exports at 39.4 million tonnes was reported in MY 2015-2016.

Ukraine harvested 61.3 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops in 2017, which was 7.3% up from 2016, Ukraine's State Statistics Service said.