Ukraine: wheat exports down in October 2016

Ukraine exported roughly 2058 KMT of wheat in October down from 2068.5 KMT in October 2015. For the first four months of 2016/2017, Ukrainian wheat exports increased by 9.1% YoY to 8235.8 KMT against 7548.8 KMT in July-October 2015/2016. The period under review saw substantially higher deliveries to the markets of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Libya,…

Ukraine: over 4 MMT of soybeans harvested

Ukrainian farmers are completing sunseed harvesting. As of November 21, this crop was gathered from 5839.7 thousand ha or 99% of the intended area (5919.3 thousand ha), up by 16.3% YoY (5020 thousand ha). Farmers obtained 13283.7 KMT of sunseed with the average yield of 2.27 MT/ha, which is an all-time high for Ukraine. In…

Ukraine: groats production recovering

Groats production in Ukraine totaled 35.05 KMT in September, up by 13.5% YoY (30.87 KMT). In 2016 the production of all groats in Ukraine has increased by 2.2% to 233.12 KMT. This included a 46.4% hike in output of rice groats, to 13.51 KMT, 36.5% in oat groats (2.02 KMT), 33.1% in millet groats (11.77…

Ukraine: grain legumes output up in 2016

In 2016 Ukraine considerably increased grain legumes production. Although official figures are not available yet, it can be assumed that legumes crop is 70% higher than last year, mainly owing to significant expansion of peas planted area. Moreover, favorable weather in spring and early summer ensured all-time high peas productivity. In general, experts believe grain…