Ukraine grain exports down 29.6% at 18.1 mln T so far in 2022/23

Ukraine has exported almost 18.1 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2022/23 season, down 29.6% from the 25.8 million tonnes exported by the same stage of the previous season, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday.
The volume included more than 6.9 million tonnes of wheat, 9.7 million tonnes of corn and about 1.5 million tonnes of barley.
After an almost six-month blockade caused by the Russian invasion, three Ukrainian Black Sea ports were unblocked at the end of July under a deal between Moscow and Kyiv brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking in a video address, said the deal had allowed Ukraine to export almost 13 million tonnes of agricultural products.