Ukraine's Jan 19-25 sea port grain exports down 29% wk/wk

In the week of Jan. 19-25, the sea ports of Ukraine shipped 687 thou. tons of main grain crops which is 29% less wk/wk, APK-Inform reports.

Wheat shipments remained at the level of the previous week and amounted to 189 thou. tons. Corn exports decreased by 29% to 498 thou. tons. Barley was not shipped during the reporting period.

Last week, Israel (111 thou. tons), Spain (79 thou. tons) and Portugal (64 thou. tons) were the TOP-3 export directions of main grains.

Earlier it was reported that on January 25th, a coordination meeting was held at the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine to discuss key proposals for forming the second edition of the wheat standard.

The new infographic guide Agribusiness of Ukraine 2017/18 is available by the link.