KYIV- Ukraine has exported 9.53 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2021/22 July-June season versus 8.86 million at the same point a year earlier, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday.
That included 5.33 million tonnes of wheat, 2.88 million tonnes of barley and 1.28 million tonnes of corn, the data showed.
Ukraine plans to thresh a record 80.6 million tonnes of grain in 2021, up from 65 million tonnes in 2020. Exports may jump to 60.7 million tonnes in 2021/22 from 44.7 million in 2020/21.
The ministry has said farms have completed the 2021 wheat harvest, threshing 32.8 million tonnes with a yield of 4.64 tonnes per hectare.
The government has said grain exports could include 23.8 million tonnes of wheat, 30.9 million tonnes of corn and 5.2 million tonnes of barley.
Ukraine's exports last season included 23.1 million tonnes of corn, 16.6 million tonnes of wheat and 4.2 million tonnes of barley.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk Editing by Mark Potter) ((pavel.polityuk@tr.com; +380 44 2449150; Reuters Messaging: pavel.polityuk.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
