At the beginning of the 2023-24 agricultural year, the European Union significantly reduced corn imports

Since the beginning of the 2023-24 agricultural year (for grains, the calendar year changes every July), EU countries have reduced corn purchases by 43 percent, reports the APK-Inform news agency, citing data from the European Commission. In exact figures, this amounts to 4.22 million tons, or 3.17 million less than in the previous agricultural year. These figures are as of October 1. The largest buyer of this crop in the current agricultural season (the same as the agricultural year - ROSNG) was Estonia, which imported 1.65 million tons. Behind it, with much smaller figures by a huge margin, are the Netherlands and Italy, which purchased 550,500 and 542,100 tons, respectively. Ukraine slightly reduced exports of vegetable oils in September In turn, Ukraine became the largest exporter with 2.04 million tons, accounting for 48.5 percent of the total volume. However, this is 560 thousand tons less than a year earlier. One of the reasons for the decline could be the refusal of ...