Ukraine has exported 763,000 T of grain so far in April, says ministry (updated)

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29/04/2022 13:01

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    KYIV, April 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine's grain exports have
reached 45.709 million tonnes so far in the 2021/22 July-June
season, the agriculture ministry said on Friday as it resumed
publishing grain export data.
    The ministry said the volume included 763,000 tonnes
exported in April but gave no comparative figures. Senior
agriculture officials said this month that Ukraine exported up
300,000 tonnes of grain in March.
    Ukraine exported up to 6 million tones of grain a month
before Russia invaded the country.
    The ministry said the 2021/22 export volumes included 18.5
million tonnes of wheat, 21.1 million tonnes of corn and 5.7
million tonnes of barley.
    April's exports included 115,000 tonnes of wheat, 622,000
tonnes of corn and 25,000 tonnes of barley.
    The ministry did not clarify how grain was delivered.
    Ukraine, a major agricultural producer, used to export most
of its goods through seaports but has been forced by Russia's
invasion to export by train via its western border or via its
small Danube river ports.
    Agriculture and transport officials have said ukraine aims
to boost export capacity at Danube river ports, which would
allow grain to be shipped to Romanian Black Sea ports.
    A cargo carrying more than 71,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn
finished loading in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta on
Thursday, the first since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24,
port operator Comvex's manager said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WR08R

 (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk
Editing by David Goodman)
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