The pace of grain exports from Ukraine exceeded last year's

the Pace of grain exports from Ukraine, which at the beginning of the season was far inferior to last year, at the end of August managed to intensify significantly.

According to Derisorily, as of 21 September, Ukraine exported in the current marketing year to more than 8.8 million tons of grain, which is 2% higher compared to the corresponding period in 2017 is 8.62 mln tonnes

In comparison with the previous season, exports increased:

wheat – from 4.86 to 5.2 million tonnes, of which food – 3 million tonnes of feed wheat – more than 2 million tons.

• corn – from 1.19 to 1.4 million tons,

the export of barley decreased from 2.55% to 2 mln t

Simultaneously on the external markets, it was delivered more than 1.4 million tons of oilseeds.

the Growth in demand for Ukrainian wheat on the background of the reduction of exports from Russia led to a rise in input prices, which declined significantly in the last month.

According to Rosselkhoznadzor, as of 18 September, Russia exported 14.8 million tons of grain, which is 26% higher than in the same period 2017/18 MG.

As of the end of August, the volume of grain exports from Russia at 42% higher than the corresponding figure of the previous season, however, falling export prices and reduction of stocks in the Central district has significantly slowed the pace of exports.

currently exported 11.8 million MT of wheat from USDA projected a 25 million tonnes, which is 41% higher than last year. The exports of barley fell by 10% to 1.5 million tons and corn by 22% to 420 thousand tons.

the slowdown in the production of barley and maize in Russia presses on the market and leads to a decrease in the number of export proposals.