In January-July Ukraine exported 1.6 million tons of soybean

Throughout January-July Ukraine exported 1.6 million tons of soybean on the total amount of $607.02 million.

This data was presented by the SFS of Ukraine.

At the same time, in July, soybean exports decreased by 50.52% to 48 thousand tons.

The main importers of Ukrainian soybeans in January-July were Turkey ($153.37 million), Iran ($113.59 million), and Egypt ($92.61 million). Exports to these countries amounted to 435.44 thousand tons, 299.08 tons, and 243.96 tons of soybean, respectively.

Let us remind that the world soybean production in 2017/2018 MY will amount to 345 million tons, which is 4 million tons more compared to the forecast in 2016/2017 MY (341 million tons).