Maize imports from Ukraine increased in 2021/22, despite war

Sorghum

Barley

Published Jul 11, 2022

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In the 2021/22 campaign, which ended on June 30, the European Union imported 8.09 million tons of corn from Ukraine, which represents an increase compared to the 6.6 million tons purchased from that country in the previous campaign. Despite the war, Ukraine remained the EU's leading maize supplier, with a 50% share (compared to 44% in 2020/21), well ahead of Brazil (3.7 million tonnes) and Canada (1.4 million).

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These are data from the European Commission, which has published the figures for foreign trade in cereals in the EU for the campaign that has just ended. With regard, specifically, to imports from Ukraine, those of barley also increased (91,864 tons in 2021/22 compared to 50,425 in 2020/21), as well as those of rye (117,891 tons compared to about 12,000 in the previous campaign) and other cereals. Only those of common wheat recorded a drop and were almost halved (338,958 tons in 2021/22 compared to 633,870 tons in 2020/21). Although the European Commission does not analyze the figures, the increase in Ukrainian grain imports would have to do with the export schedules of that country, which had already exported significant quantities before the Russian invasion. Imports of common wheat, durum wheat, rye and oats from Russia also increased in 2021/22 compared to the previous season. Nearly 7 million tons imported into ...

Source: Agropopular