12 Aug 2022 10:10

Ukraine exports 2.21 mln tonnes of grain since beginning of marketing year 2022/2023 - Ukrainian Agrarian Policy Ministry

MOSCOW. Aug 12 (Interfax) - Ukraine has exported 2.21 million tonnes of grain since the beginning of the marketing year 2022/2023, including 1.45 million tonnes of corn (65% of the total supplies), 562,000 tonnes of wheat (25.4%), and 192,000 tonnes of barley (8.6%), the Ukrainian media said on Thursday with the reference to the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.

The pace of grain exports has been 2.08 times lower than in the respective period of last year (4.64 million tonnes of grain were exported between July 1 and August 11, 2021,), the ministry said.

Meanwhile, 340,000 tonnes of grain (48,600 tonnes per day) were exported on August 5-11, 2022, as against 640,000 tonnes (71.100 tonnes per day) on July 27 - August 5, 627,000 tonnes (52,250 tonnes per day) on July 15-29, and 280,000 tonnes (40,000 tonnes per day) on July 8-15. Thus, the average daily export rate for the reporting period decreased by 32% compared to the previous period.

On the whole, between the first day of the marketing year 2022/2023 and August 11, 2022, Ukraine exported 562,000 tonnes of wheat (3.2 times less than as of the same date of the marketing year 2021/2022), 192,000 tonnes of barley (8.4 times less), and 5,100 tonnes of flour (3.2 times less). Meanwhile, corn exports exceeded last year's amounts by 26.1% to 1.45 million tonnes.

Back in the marketing year 2021/2022, Ukraine exported 48.51 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, up 8.4% from the previous marketing year. The deliveries included 18.74 million tonnes of wheat (up 12.6% from the marketing year 2020/2021), 23.54 million tonnes of corn (+1.9%), 5.75 million tonnes of barley (+35.9%), and 70,900 tonnes of flour (-44.1%).

In the marketing year 2020/2021, Ukraine exported 44.72 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, including 16.64 million tonnes of wheat, 23.08 million tonnes of corn, 4.23 million tonnes of barley, 126,900 tonnes of flour, and 18,400 tonnes of rye.

In the marketing year 2019/2020, Ukraine exported 56.72 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops.