Ukraine 2022/23 grain exports at 41.1 mln T as of April 26, ministry says

Ukraine’s grain exports for the 2022/23 season stood at 41.1 million tonnes as of April 26, Agriculture Ministry data showed.

The ministry gave no exact comparative data for the same date a year ago but said Ukraine had exported 45.7 million tonnes of grain as of April 27, 2022.

The volume so far in the current July-to-June season included about 14.2 million tonnes of wheat, 24.2 million tonnes of corn and about 2.5 million tonnes of barley.

The ministry said grain exports during April were almost 3.2 million tonnes as of April 26.

After a blockade caused by Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24 2022, access to three Ukrainian Black Sea ports was cleared at the end of last July under a deal between Moscow and Kyiv brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.

A major grain grower and exporter, Ukraine’s grain output is likely to have dropped to about 53 million tonnes in clean weight in the 2022 calendar year from a record 86 million tonnes in 2021.

Officials have blamed the fall on hostilities in the country’s eastern, northern and southern regions.

The government has said Ukraine can harvest 44.3 million tonnes of grain or even up to 50 million tonnes in 2023 if weather favours.

Sharing is caring!