KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's grain exports stood at 32.9 million tonnes in the 2022/23 season as of Monday, hurt by a smaller harvest and logistical difficulties caused by the invasion of Russia, agriculture ministry data showed. in this Monday.
The ministry did not provide comparative data for the same date in 2022. It said Ukraine had exported 44.8 million tonnes of grain as of March 27, 2022. Volume so far in the July-June season has included about 11.9 million tonnes of wheat, 19.9 million tonnes of corn and 2.1 million tonnes of barley. The ministry reported that grain exports in March had reached 1.9 million tonnes as of Monday. After a nearly six-month blockade caused by the Russian invasion, three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea were liberated at the end of July under an agreement between Moscow and Kiev, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. Ukraine has appealed to the United Nations and Turkey to pressure Russia to stop blocking shipments of Ukrainian grain, which supplies millions of people, and to stop using food as a weapon. A major global producer and exporter ...