Ukraine grain exports jump to 6.75 mln T so far in 2024/25, ministry says

Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June season had reached almost 6.75 million metric tons as of Aug. 28, up from 4.16 million tons by the same date of the previous season, agriculture ministry data showed on Thursday.

The volume included 3.4 million tons of wheat, 2.2 million tons of corn and 1.1 million tons of barley.

The ministry said traders have exported 3 million tons of grain so far in August, up from 1.9 million tons in the same period last year.

The ministry added 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 tons the previous year.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by David Goodman)