Ukraine's grain exports fell by 43.2 percent year-on-year so far in the 2022/23 farming season to 6.88 million tons, the Ministry of Agriculture in Kyiv said. Ministry data showed exports so far for the July 2022 to June 2023 season were 3.95 million tonnes of maize, 2.30 million tonnes of wheat and 598,000 tonnes of barley.
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The country's grain exports have plunged since the war began in February as ports on the Black Sea, a key shipping route, have been closed, raising global food prices and raising fears of shortages in Africa and the Middle East. At the end of July, shipping restrictions were lifted in three Black Sea ports under an agreement reached between Moscow and Kyiv, brokered by the UN and Turkey. According to the government's information, 50-52 million tons of grain can be harvested in Ukraine this year, compared to the 2021 record of 86 million tons, due to the reduction of land due to the Russian troops and the lower harvest, the international agricultural press reported with reference to the British Thomson Reuters news agency. Meanwhile, BC VANESSA, the fourth ship chartered by the UN World Food Program (WFP), has arrived in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa and will transport 30,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan, Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said. Ukraine has already delivered ...
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