Ukraine exports 14.5 m t of grain last year

11:37, 03.01.2013 1 min read

Ukraine has exported 14.5 million tonnes of grain since the beginning of the current marketing year, the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry has reported.

Some 5.9 million tonnes of wheat, 6.3 million tonnes of corn and 1.8 million tonnes of barley had been exported as of early January, the ministry said.

Ukraine exported 2.4 million tonnes of grain, including 2 million tonnes of corn, in December.

Ukraine exports grain under contracts with grain traders, the ministry said.

At the start of the current season, grain traders and the ministry signed an addition to the memorandum, which established conditions under which the government might limit grain exports and set the maximal amounts of grain exports.

The ministry evaluates the grain export potential for the current marketing year at 23 million tonnes.

The ministry also said that Ukraine would have a grain harvest of about 46.2 million tonnes in 2012 as against the record 56.7 million tonnes in 2011.