New wheat quality standards to be presented in May 2019

The official presentation and approval of the first edition of the new wheat quality standard is planned for May 26, 2019, in Odessa within the framework of the International сonference, iAgro informs.

On August 14, 2018, a meeting was held to discuss the status of the work on updating the wheat standard "Wheat. Technical conditions."

The grain market participants discussed the key provisions of the standard on quantitative and qualitative indicators.

Also, including in the standard of 3 classes of milling wheat and one fodder was elaborated. The work on the standard will continue taking into account the results of the discussion.

The draft of the first edition of the new wheat standard will be submitted for discussion on September 26, 2018, on the website of the National Standardization Body and sent out to all members of TC170 "Cereals and products of their processing".

Reference: the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the grain market participants signed the Memorandum of Understanding for MY2018/19. The total agreed indicative volume of wheat exports is 16 million tons, that is milling and fodder wheat will be exported in equal volumes — 8 million tons each.