Export prices for barley in Ukraine are rising amid low supply

for brewers, but producers are busy harvesting and sowing winter rapeseed, so the supply of grain for sale is quite low, which contributes to the growth of export prices. As of August 15, 2025, 4.732 million tons of barley (winter and spring) were threshed from 1.247 million hectares or 90% of the area in Ukraine, with a yield of 3.79 tons/hectare. Therefore, it is already clear that the harvest will be 5.2-5.3 million tons and will be lower than the USDA forecast (5.5 million tons) and last year’s level of 5.8 million tons. Against the backdrop of low supply, export prices for barley in Ukraine increased by UAH 100-150/t last week to UAH 10,100-10,200/t or $212-214/t with delivery to Black Sea ports. Since the beginning of the 2025/26 season (as of August 13, 2025), Ukraine has exported 462 thousand tons of barley (which is almost half the corresponding figure last year – 840 thousand tons) out of the projected export of 2 million tons. Last week, processors stepped up purchases ...