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Ukrainian seaport wheat exports fell nearly 37% in the week of April 18-24 after a record jump in the week earlier, preliminary data from the APK-Inform consultancy showed on Monday.

The exports declined to 215,000 tonnes from 341,000 tonnes, the data showed, according to Agriculture.com citing Reuters.

APK-Inform data showed that Ukraine has already exported 18.8 million tonnes of wheat in the current season, which runs from July to June.

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A senior government official said earlier his month that Ukraine was ready to ban wheat exports if the volume exceeds the 20.2 million tonnes agreed with traders.

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Overall grain exports, which includes wheat, corn, and barley, for the week ended April 24 also fell to 725,000 tonnes from 1.141 million tonnes in a week to April 17.

Ukraine exported 491,000 tonnes of corn and 18,000 tonnes of barley, the consultancy said.

The economy ministry forecast that Ukraine could export a record 52 million to 55 million tonnes of grain this season.