In 5.5 months of Russia’s war against Ukraine, almost 10 million tons of food from 8 crops have been exported. In the first two weeks of August, Ukraine has already exported about 2 million tons of grain, while in the whole of July it was – 3 million tons, reports “ProAgro Group”, citing information from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
Most of all corn – 776 thousand tons and wheat – 339 thousand tons – went in the first half of August.
The Ministry noted that before the opening of Odessa ports on August 1, almost 8 million tons of food were shipped. Last year’s figure for March to July was more than twice as much – 19.5 million tons.
The leader of the current five months of aggregate export is corn, its volume is 3,849 thousand tons. For example, last year corn also dominated in the context of this period, its export share was the largest of other crops – 10 million tons, which is 37% more than in 2022.
Sunflower seed was second in volume during the same period, with 1,357,000 tons. This is 99.4% more than in 2021. But oil Ukraine exported during this period is 48% less than last year – 935,7 thousand tons.
