Ukraine grain exports jump 85% to 4.4 mln T so far 2024/25, ministry says
Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June season as of Aug. 7 reached almost 4.4 million metric tons, up more than 85% year-on-year, agriculture ministry data showed.
The volume included 1.9 million tons of wheat, 1.7 million tons of corn and 661,000 tons of barley.
Ukraine exported 654,000 tons of grain so far in August compared with 303,000 tons sold abroad in the same period last year, the ministry said.
The ministry has said that the 2024 combined grain and oilseed crop could fall to 77 million tons, including 56 million tons of grain.
Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2023/24 marketing season rose to about 51 million tons from 49.2 million a year earlier.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by David Evans)