Ukraine's grain exports jumped to 2.2 million tonnes in November from about 1.0 million in October due to increased demand, the Agrarian Confederation (UAC) grain lobby group said on Thursday. UAC director Serhiy Stoyanov said in a statement Ukraine had exported about 1.8 million tonnes of maize, 400,000 tonnes of wheat and 16,000 tonnes of barley last month.
ProAgro agriculture consultancy last month said Ukraine exported maize mostly to Egypt, Spain and Portugal, while Ukrainian wheat went to Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Israel, Tunisia and other states. Ukraine exported barley to Cyprus and Greece. Stoyanov said Ukraine's exports had reached 6.9 million tonnes in the first five months of the 2011/12 season.
He said that the former Soviet state was likely to harvest a record 54.5 million tonnes of grain in clean weight this year compared to 39.2 million in 2010. Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said earlier this year that an increased harvest would allow grain exports of 27 million tonnes in 2011/12, up from 12.7 million in 2010/11. Ukraine is the world's leading exporter of barley and is among the top three for export of maize. The Agriculture Ministry forecast the harvest at about 55 million tonnes this year. According to the latest data, farms harvested about 58 million tonnes of grain in bunker weight as of November 30.
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