Ukraine’s grain exports reach 2 mln tons so far in 2024/25, ministry says
Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June season rose to almost 2 million metric tons by July 17 from 1.3 million tons at the same date a season earlier, agriculture ministry data showed.
The volume included 732,000 tons of wheat, 1 million tons of corn and 254,000 tons of barley.
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.
Producers have said the combined export of grain and oilseed is seen at around 60 million tons for 2024/25,almost the same as the country exported in 2023/24.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk. Editing by Jane Merriman)