Ukraine 2023/24 grain exports jump 60% so far

Exports reached 5.97 million metric tonnes as of August 19

Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June season had reached 5.79 million metric tons as of Aug. 19, up from 3.61 million tons by the same date of the previous season, Reuters reported, citing agriculture ministry data on Monday.

The volume included 2.8 million tons of wheat, 2.1 million tons of corn and 907,000 tons of barley.

The ministry said traders have exported 2.09 million tons of grain so far in August, versus 1.33 million in the same period last year.

The ministry has said that the 2024 combined grain and oilseed crop could fall to 77 million tons, including 56 million tons of grain.

Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2023/24 marketing season rose to about 51 million tons from 49.2 million a year earlier.