Ukraine cuts grain exports by 2.8% to 38.6 million tons since MY2023/2024 start

The actual volume of grain exports by Ukraine since the beginning of the 2023/2024 marketing year (July 2023 - June 2024) and as of April 17 had amounted to 38.608 million tons, down 2.8% or 1.1 million tons year over year.

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

A total of 15,011,000 tons of wheat, 2,132,000 tons of barley, 1,000 tons of rye, and 21,167,000 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 decreased by 32%, or 39,400 tons, to 83,500 tons.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, 33.8 million tons of goods were exported through the Ukrainian sea corridor in seven months, which is more than was exported during the year of the "grain initiative."

On September 21, the bulk carrier Resilient Africa arrived in the Turkish Bosphorus Strait.

This is the first ship with grain from Ukraine that passed through the Black Sea through the temporary corridor.

On July 17, 2023, russia announced the withdrawal of navigation security guarantees in the Black Sea to ensure the "grain corridor."

Ukraine exported 49 million tons of grain in the 2022/2023 marketing year, up 1.3% year over year.