Ukraine Grain Exports Up for 2015/16
Ukraine has exported about 31.9 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2015/16 season, Ukrainian agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
The exports included 13.3 million tonnes of wheat, 4.08 million tonnes of barley and 14.3 million tonnes of maize, the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine harvested 60 million tonnes of grain in 2015 and said that about 36 million tonnes could be sold abroad in the 2015/16 season, which runs from July to June.
Ukraine exported 35 million tonnes of grain in 2014/15.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Alexander Smith)
