Ukrainian wheat export reached 12.2 MT

Ukraine since the beginning of MY 2017/18, as of January 31, 2018, exported 23.95 million tons of grain, which is 2.46 million tons less than over the same period last year.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine informs that wheat exports for the reporting period amounted to 12.23 million tons, which is 481 thousand tons less than over the corresponding period last year.

According to the report, from the beginning of MY 2017/18, Ukraine exported 3.94 million tons of barley (-516 thousand tons) and 7.69 million tons of corn (-1.4 million tons). Exports of rye amounted to 13.2 thousand tons.

Earlier it was reported that shipments of Ukrainian wheat to Indonesia and the Philippines in the first half of MY 2017/18 amounted to 1.8 million tons and 0.87 million tons, respectively.