Ukraine's grain exports down 11.8pc so far in 2020/21 season
- Traders sold only 774,000 tonnes of corn compared to 2.33 million tonnes on the same date last year due to a later start of the corn harvest and a reduced crop as a result of poor weather.
KYIV: Ukraine's grain exports have fallen 11.8pc to 13.02 million tonnes so far in the season that runs from July 2020, to June 2021 because of much lower volumes of corn, the economy ministry said on Friday.
Traders sold only 774,000 tonnes of corn compared to 2.33 million tonnes on the same date last year due to a later start of the corn harvest and a reduced crop as a result of poor weather.
The exports also included 9.14 million tonnes of wheat and 3.06 tonnes of barley.
Ukraine accounts for about 16pc of global grain exports, and sold about 57 million tonnes of grain to foreign buyers in the 2019/20 season.
The government has said exports could decline to 47.4 million tonnes in 2020/21 because of a weaker harvest.
The economy ministry expects the 2020 grain crop to fall to about 68 million tonnes from 2019's record of 75.1 million tonnes because of adverse weather.
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