Ukraine’s grain exports for the first month of the new season rose to 2.16 million metric tons as of July 31 from 1.61 million in July 2022, Reuters reported, citing agriculture ministry data on Monday. The volume included 1.11 million tons of corn, 758,000 tons of wheat and 285,000 tons of barley.
The ministry said Ukraine had exported 1.1 million tons of corn, 361,000 tons of wheat and 142,000 tons of barley in July, 2022. Exports for the entire 2022/23 season were almost 49 million tons, exceeding the previous season’s 48.4 million tons. Most of the volume was exported via deep Black Sea ports under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July to tackle a global food crisis worsened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and blockade of Ukrainian ports.