The volume in the July-to-June season so far included about 14.6 million tonnes of wheat, 25.1 million tonnes of corn and about 2.5 million tonnes of barley.
The ministry said grain exports during May were 590,000
tonnes up to May 5.
After a blockade caused by Russia's invasion on Feb. 24
2022, access to three Ukrainian Black Sea ports was cleared at
the end of last July under a deal between Moscow and Kyiv
brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
A major grain grower and exporter, Ukraine's grain output is
likely to have dropped to about 53 million tonnes in clean
weight in the 2022 calendar year from a record 86 million in
2021.
Officials have blamed the fall on hostilities in the
country's east, north and south.
The government has said Ukraine can harvest 44.3 million
tonnes of grain, or even up to 50 million, in 2023 if the
weather proves favourable.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
