Grain export 2020/21: corn export from Ukraine dropped 69%
5 August 2020, 13:09
Since the start of 2020/21, staple grains export shipment from Ukraine has reached 2.96 mln t.
As of August 5, agricultural commodities shipment dropped by 1 mln t (25%) 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: 1.46 mln t, 47 thou. t or ▲3% y-o-y
- barley: 1 mln t, 46 thou. t or ▲5% y-o-y
- corn: 490 thou. t, 1.1 mln t or ▼69% 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).
