Greater grain exports than in 2023.
Ukraine is currently undergoing its third grain harvest since the beginning of the Russian invasion. At the beginning of the new marketing year 2024/2025, exports of wheat, barley and corn are flowing much faster than a year ago. This is also because cargo traffic in the Black Sea is less obstructed than in 2023.
According to the national customs authority, Ukraine exported 1.44 million tons of wheat in July alone, which is about twice as much as in July 2023. Corn exports increased from 1.1 million tons to 1.5 million tons. In the first month of the new marketing year, 477,000 were exported. tons of barley compared to 285 thousand tons in July 2023
Increase in EU imports
The EU imports significantly more rapeseed and sunflower oil from Ukraine
EU imports of important agricultural raw materials from Ukraine now significantly exceed last year's levels. Imports of rapeseed from Ukraine from January to the end of July 2024 amounted to approximately 1.36 million tons. In the same period last year, 559,000 were delivered. tons of rapeseed.
The volume of sunflower oil imports, amounting to 1.7 million tonnes, was also much higher than last year's amounting to 861 thousand tonnes. tone. Only the import of sunflower seeds dropped sharply.
Since the beginning of the new marketing year, EU imports of Ukrainian corn have been slightly above the level of the previous year. Cumulative imports since the beginning of the year reached 9.4 million tons after 9.1 million tons in the same period last year.
