The ministry gave no comparative data for the same date in 2022. It said Ukraine had exported 44.8 million tonnes of grain as of March 27, 2022.
The volume so far in the July-to-June season included about 12.6 million tonnes of wheat, 21.5 million tonnes of corn and 2.26 million tonnes of barley.
The ministry said grain exports in March had reached 4.29
million tonnes as of March 24.
After an almost six-month blockade caused by Russia's
invasion, three Ukrainian Black Sea ports were cleared at the
end of July under a deal between Moscow and Kyiv, brokered by
the United Nations and Turkey.
A major global grain grower and exporter, Ukraine's grain
output is likely to have dropped to about 53.1 million tonnes in
clean weight in the 2022 calendar year, down from a record 86
million tonnes in 2021.
Officials have blamed the fall on hostilities in the
country's eastern, northern and southern regions.
The ministry has said Ukraine's grain harvest could decrease
again in 2023 to 44.3 million tonnes.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk
Editing by David Goodman
)
