Grain export 2020/21: corn shipment cut, wheat intensified
31 July 2020, 13:15
Since the start of 2020/21, staple grains export shipment from Ukraine has reached 2.33 mln t.
As of July 31, agricultural commodities shipment dropped by 1.13 mln t (33%) from the prior year's comparative period, 3.46 mln t, the information-analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine reports.
Grain export structure in the reporting period:
- wheat: 1.19 mln t, 105 thou. t or 10% ▲ y-o-y
- barley: 714 thou. t, 104 thou. t of 13% ▼ y-o-y
- corn: 424 thou. t, 1.13 mln t or 72% ▼ y-o-y
- rye: 0.2 thou. t, 0.2 thou. t or 100% ▲ y-o-y
In the 2019/20 season, grains, pulses and flour export from Ukraine totalled the record 57.2 mln t, 6.8 mln t higher YoY (2018/19: 50.4 mln t).
IGC experts revised downward the forecast for global grain production in 2020/21 to 2.23 bln t, 12 mln t lower from the previous forecast (2.24 bln t).
