Ukrainian farmers export almost 36.5 mln tonnes of grain since July 1

Ukrainian farmers exported 36.5 million tonnes of grain from July 1, 2017, when the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY) began, to May 30, 2018.

In particular, wheat exports totaled 16.1 million tonnes, those of barley were 4.1 million tonnes, and those of maize stood at 15.9 million tonnes, the press service of Ukraine's Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry has said.

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Rye exports totaled 35,000 tonnes.

Flour shipments abroad over the period under review were 394,400 tonnes, including 392,800 tonnes of wheat flour and 1,600 tonnes of other types of flour.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian agribusinesses in MY 2016-2017 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 $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% down from 2016, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said.