Ukraine exports over 43.3M t of grains, pulses

According to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported this.

It is noted that in 2022/2023 MY Ukraine exported 14.89 million tonnes of wheat, 2.523 million tonnes of barley, 17,900 tonnes of rye, and 25.595 million tonnes of corn.

For comparison, from July 2021 to May 16, 2022, Ukraine exported 46.337 million tonnes of grains and pulses, including 18.538 million tonnes of wheat, 5.676 million tonnes of barley, 161,900 tonnes of rye, and 21.657 million tonnes of corn.

In the first 12 days of May this year, Ukraine exported 1.45 million tonnes of grains and pulses (468,000 tonnes in the first 16 days of May last year), including 492,000 tonnes of wheat (12,000 tonnes in May last year), 58,000 tonnes of barley (no data for this crop for May 2022), and 897,000 tonnes of corn (446,000 tonnes in May last year). In May 2023 and in May 2022, Ukraine did not export rye.

Since the start of 2022/2023 MY, Ukraine has exported 133,300 tonnes of flour (70,400 tonnes in 2021/2022 MY).

As Ukrinform reported, from May 1 to May 7, 2023, Ukraine reduced the export of agricultural products through seaports to 404,000 tonnes. This is 10% less than the previous week.