Ukraine: Barley exports decline in November and in July-November this year

Barley exports from Ukraine continued to decline in November, which is a traditional trend for this period of season, UkrAgroConsult reported on December 15.

Ukraine exported 167.4 thousand tonnes of barley during the month, or 44% less than at the same time last marketing year.

In the first five months of MY 2017/18, Ukrainian barley exports totalled more than 3.73 mln tonnes - down 6.5% year-on-year. The current pace of barley exports from Ukraine is similar to that seen in MY 2015/16, when 4.4 mln tonnes of barley was exported.

In November, Ukrainian barley was supplied to its traditional end markets: Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Israel, Iran and others.

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