Ukraine Reduces Grain Exports By 29.4% To 27.7 Million Tons Since Early MY2022/2023

Since the beginning of the 2022/2023 marketing year (July 2022 - June 2023), the actual volume of grain exports by Ukraine as of February 6 had made 27.69 million tons, down 29.4% or 11.520 million tons year over year.

This follows from a statement by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

A total of 9,897,000 tons of wheat, 1,835,000 tons of barley, and 12,800,000 tons of rye and 15,851,000 tons of corn have already been exported.

At the same time, during the specified period, the export of wheat flour and flour from other crops increased by 34.3% or 21,900 tons to 85,800 tons.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 5, the first caravan with Ukrainian grain left the seaports of Odesa and Chornomorsk.

According to the results of the 2021/2022 marketing year (July 2021 - June 2022), Ukraine's actual grain export volumes amounted to 48.508 million tons, which is 8.5% or 3.79 million tons more than the previous marketing year.