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Grain export 2020/21: shipment 36% under previous season
3 August 2020, 15:49
Since the start of 2020/21, staple grains export shipment from Ukraine has reached 2.52 mln t.
As of August 3, agricultural commodities shipment dropped by 1.44 mln t (36%) from the prior year's comparative period, 3.96 mln t, the information-analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine reports.
Grain export structure in the reporting period:
- wheat: 1.26 mln t, ▼158 thou. t y-o-y
- barley: 838 thou. t, ▼120 thou. t y-o-y
- corn: 425 thou. t, ▼1.16 mln t y-o-y
- rye: 0.2 thou. t, ▲0.2 thou. t 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).
