REUTERS
Over the period under review, Ukrainian farmers also shipped 15.1 million tonnes of wheat abroad.
Ukrainian agribusinesses exported 34 million tonnes of grain from July 1, 2017, when the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY) began, to April 24, 2018.
In particular, Ukraine exported 15.1 million tonnes of wheat, including almost 8.7 million tonnes of food-grade wheat and over 6.4 million tonnes of fodder wheat), the State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service said.
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What is more, over 4 million tonnes of barley and over 14 million tonnes of maize were shipped abroad.
Noteworthy, almost 36.9 million tonnes of grain, in particular 15.6 million tonnes of wheat (including 10 million tonnes of food-grade wheat and over 5.5 million tonnes of fodder wheat), 5.1 million tonnes of barley, and 15.7 million tonnes of maize were exported in the same period in the 2016-2017 MY.
In the current marketing year, more than 4.6 million tonnes of oilseeds was exported. The exports included over 2.1 million tonnes of rapeseed and over 2.5 million tonnes of soybeans. As of April 24, 2017, oilseeds exports totaled almost 3.9 million tonnes (including over 1 million tonnes of rapeseed and almost 2.7 million tonnes of soybeans).
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian agribusinesses in 2016-2017 MY exported 43.8 million tonnes of grain, which was a record high over Ukraine's independence. At the same time, revenue from grain exports increased by 6%, to US$6.4 billion.
The previous record of grain exports in Ukraine was registered in the 2015-2016 MY at the level of 39.4 million tonnes.
Ukraine harvested 61.3 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops in 2017, which was 7.3% down from 2016, according to the State Statistics Service.