KIEV, May 24 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s grain exports may reach a new record of around 40 million tonnes this season thanks to high sales of wheat, analysts and a traders’ union said on Tuesday.
Grain traders union UZA and a team of industrial analysts said wheat exports could reach 15.6 million tonnes, while maize shipments could total 19.5 million tonnes, UZA said in a statement.
The agriculture ministry has said Ukraine may export around 38 million tonnes of grain in the 2015/16 July-June season. Ukraine harvested 60 million tonnes of grain in 2015.
Ukraine exported about 35 million tonnes of grain in 2014/15.
