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This season Bangladesh became new largest importer and purchased more than half of total Ukrainian rye exports (7.503 KMT), according to The Financial Express.
Despite the 18% decrease of Ukrainian rye production in 2015 (to 391 KMT against 478 KMT in 2014) currently its exports are growing mainly due to domestic consumption decrease in Ukraine, The Financial Express reported citing www.blackseagrain.net.
During the first half of 2015/16 rye exports from Ukraine reached 13.756 KMT which is 4% more than for the same period in 2014/15 – 13.204 KMT.
Read alsoUkraine threshes 60 mln tonnes of grain in 2015With Bangladesh being now the major importer, Egypt returned with purchases and imported 2.126 KMT. Last time the country took Ukrainian rye five years ago.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in 2015, China became one of the largest importers of Ukrainian corn and barley. Ukraine’s corn exports to China accounted for 18% of the total export volume estimated at $3 billion. In addition, Ukrainian exports of barley to the Asian country made up 17.5%, estimated at $768.8 million, less only than to Saudi Arabia, accounting for 52% of barley exports.