About 30% of cereal production in Ukraine is in the shade - Rybchynsky

Published 2021년 11월 30일

Tridge summary

The Ukrainian market primarily relies on domestically produced traditional cereals, with the exceptions of rice and buckwheat, which are commonly imported. Buckwheat imports have varied, with some retail chains sourcing from Kazakhstan and Russia due to production interruptions in Ukraine. The recent surge in cereal prices and export restrictions by Russia and Belarus have stimulated interest in buckwheat cultivation in Ukraine. Rice, being less locally produced, is mainly imported from countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan, and India, with some smuggling activities reported. Ukrainian cereal market also includes products imported from Poland and Turkey, repackaged locally. UkrAgroConsult estimates that about 30% of Ukraine's cereal production is shadowy, dominated by small farmers and individuals who mainly sell their produce through local bazaars and fairs. The production of traditional cereals is seeing a decline in Ukraine, while oat and corn groats, which are in demand abroad, are half-produced for export.

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The vast majority of traditional cereals on the Ukrainian market are domestically produced. Except for rice and buckwheat, which are the leaders in consumption. This was reported by Agravery.com. “When there were interruptions in the production of Ukrainian buckwheat in Ukraine, several retail chains and some producers ordered buckwheat groups in Kazakhstan. And the Kazakhs bought buckwheat in the Altai in Russia, processed it and sent it to Ukraine, - explains Rodion Rybchynsky. - For example, the year before last, probably every third pack of this cereal was not of Ukrainian origin. The cheapest buckwheat is imported, it is sold in retail chains under its own brands, ”said Rodion Rybchynskyi, Chairman of the Board of the Flour Mills of Ukraine NGO. It is noted that the Ukrainian market has a large number of products that are ordered in Poland or, for example, in Turkey and packaged under the label of domestic producers. Now the situation with buckwheat has changed as prices in ...

Source: Landlord