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Ukraine since the beginning of the marketing year 2019/2020 (MY, July-June) and as of November 11, 2019 had exported 20.944 million tonnes of grain and legumes, which is 39.7 percent more than on the same date of the previous MY.

According to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, to date, the country has exported 12.22 million tonnes of wheat, 5.12 million tonnes of corn, and 3.36 million tonnes of barley.

As of November 11 this year, some 131,100 tonnes of flour had been also exported.

As reported, Ukraine in the 2018/2019 MY exported a record 50.4 million tonnes of grain, legumes and flour, which is 23 percent more than in the previous MY.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in November raised its forecast for grain exports for the 2019/2020 MY by 500,000 tonnes compared with the October forecast, to 54.94 million tonnes.