Ukraine will export 69.86 million tonnes of grain, oilseeds and vegetable oil during the 2023-2024 agricultural year (calculated from the middle of the calendar year), the Ministry of Economy said, citing preliminary data.

Wheat exports grew by 9% to 18.43 million tonnes, maize – by 0.2% to 29.41 million tonnes, while barley – fell by 8.5% to 2.48 million tonnes.

Supplies of soybean decreased by 8.2% to 2.98 million tonnes, rapeseed – increased by 8.7% to 3.7 million tonnes, sunflower oil – by 22.8% to 6.54 million tonnes, soybean meal – by 12.5% to 0.662 million tonnes, sunflower meal – by 29.1% to 5.15 million tonnes.

In the last agricultural year, Ukraine exported only 324,000 tonnes of sunflower – 7.3 times less than in the previous season.

„That is, we are back to the situation where sunflowers are processed in Ukraine“, – summarised the Ministry's representative.