Ukraine has exported 643 thousand tons of grain since the beginning of May, much less than in the same period last year, when it sold 1.8 million tons abroad, the Kiev Ministry of Agriculture said. The volume has shrunk due to logistical problems since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and closed Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, which are the main routes for Ukrainian grain exports.
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According to the ministry, the May quantity contained about 617,000 tons of corn, 16,000 tons of wheat and 8,000 tons of barley. They did not say how the grain was transported. Leading agricultural officials said Ukraine exported 300,000 tons of grain in March and 1.09 million tons in April. Ukrainian traders managed to export 6 million tons of grain a month before the Russian invasion. According to the ministry, Ukraine has exported 46.51 million tonnes so far in the July-June 2021/22 season, up from 40.85 million tonnes a year earlier. According to the Ministry, the export volume in 2021/22 contained 18.54 million tons of wheat, 21.83 million tons of corn and 5.68 million tons of barley. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba thanked Egypt for refusing a Russian ship loaded with grain that he said had been stolen from Ukraine. The Egyptian supply minister said a ship licensed by Russia had been rejected on the grounds that it did not have the proper papers. The Ukrainian ...
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