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Ukrainian agribusinesses have exported 2.743 million tonnes of grain since the start of the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, July 2017 – June 2018), as of August 3, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry's press service.
In particular, Ukraine exported 891,000 tonnes of wheat, 991,000 tonnes of barley, and 859,000 tonnes of maize.
Over the period under review, farmers shipped abroad some 3,800 tonnes of wheat flour.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian agribusinesses in 2016-2017 MY exported 43.8 million tonnes of grain, according to preliminary estimates, 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.
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Ukraine harvested 65.95 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops in 2016, which was 9.7% up from 2015. It was also a record yield of grain over the country's independence, according to the State Statistics Service.