According to the official statistics figures, in 2016-2017 MY Ukraine exported 5.35 million tons of barley, up by 21% YoY (4.41 million tons), which became the highest rate for the country in seven recent years.
In the season 2016-2017, Saudi Arabia (42% of the general supplies) and Libya (18%) were the main importers of Ukrainian barley. In the reporting period Ukraine increased foreign shipment of brewing barley to 72.4 thousand tons (11-fold), and organic barley to 11.5 thousand tons (13-fold). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)