Ukraine increased grain exports to 48.4 million tons

The actual volume of grain exports by Ukraine since the beginning of the 2023/2024 marketing year, which runs from July 2023 to June 2024, is 48.381 million tons, which is 3.5% or 1.633 million tons more than in the same period of the previous marketing year. This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. 17,839,000 tons of wheat, 2,437,000 tons of barley, 1.6,000 tons of rye, and 27,570,000 tons of corn have already been exported. At the same time, during the specified period, the export of wheat flour and flour from other crops decreased by 34.5%, or by 50.9 thousand tons, to 94.6 thousand tons. It should be noted that Ukraine reached pre-war export figures. On September 21, the bulk carrier Resilient Africa arrived in the Turkish Bosphorus Strait. This is the first ship with grain from Ukraine that passed through the Black Sea through the temporary corridor. On July 17, 2023, the Russian Federation announced the withdrawal of shipping safety guarantees in the ...