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Ukraine has supplied 18.2 million tonnes of grain crops to foreign markets since the beginning of the 2012/2013 marketing season, which was five million tonnes more than in the same period of the previous marketing period, the press service of the Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported. 

“As for grain exports, we’re going through the 2012/2013 marketing
season stably, and we expect that in general, exports will reach 23
million tonnes. Farmers have already supplied 18.2 million tonnes of
grain crops to foreign markets, which is five million tonnes more than
in the same period of the previous marketing year. In particular, as of
March 5 farmers exported 9.7 million tonnes of corn, almost 6.2 million
tonnes of wheat and two million tonnes of barley,” Agricultural Policy
and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

He said that Ukraine was continuing to maintain the stable growth of
grain exports, which will help fully sell the expected amount of grain
exports.

The minister also noted positive trends in the geographical expansion of exports.

“This marketing year, 7.7 million tonnes of domestic grain was
exported to the European Union. Moreover, Ukraine is now a leader in
corn supplies to England. This is very important to us,” Prysiazhniuk
said.