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The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine has increased its forecast of Ukraine's grain exports in the 2016-2017 marketing year (July 2016 - June 2017) from 39.8 million tonnes announced earlier to over 40 million tonnes, Agrarian Minister Taras Kutoviy said at a ministry meeting Friday.
"There are no threats to the country's food security. We plan that the total exports for 2016-2017 will exceed 40 million tonnes," he said.
The Minister noted that this would be a record figure in the history of Ukraine's independence.
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