After the 2022 harvest (calculated from July), the European Union's grain imports jumped quite a bit. The increased Ukrainian imports and to some extent the drought also play a role in this.
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As the world's second largest exporter of wheat, the European Union does not need imports, but thanks to solidarity measures, it received a surprising amount of wheat from war-torn Ukraine last year. According to the Commission's data, 8.23 million tons of bread grain arrived in the community until May 27, almost three and a half times more than last year. Barley imports reached 1.91 million tons, which is more than twice the amount of last year. The import of corn increased by 61% by the end of May, reaching 24.34 million tons, which means a surplus of more than 9 million tons. The community must have needed a part of the wheat flowing to Europe, because the EU's exports to the outside world increased by only 3 million tons compared to the same period last year. The amount of wheat ...
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