Ukrainian grain exports are unlikely to exceed 1.2 million tonnes in August, Ukraine's Grain Confederation (UAC) industrial lobby said on Wednesday, down from exports of 1.3 million tonnes of grain in August 2010. Ukraine exported 12.7 million tonnes of grain in the 2010/11 season and the government said the ex-Soviet state could export 21-23 million tonnes this season, building after the previous year's crop was depleted by adverse weather.
"(Export) of 1.2 million tonnes (a month) is just a half of the volume needed for markets to meet export expectations," UAC director Serhiy Stoyanov told a news conference. He said Ukraine exported about 600,000 tonnes of grain in the first half of this month.
Farm Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said last week that Ukrainian grain exports were down by 30 percent to 760,000 tonnes in the first 40 days of the 2011/12 season compared to the same period in 2010/11. The exports represent a pick-up from the pace seen in July when shipments were down 81 percent year on year, but were still seen as disappointing by the minister. He said the ministry would consider how to tempt traders to boost shipments. But traders said the current grain exports duties were the main reason for the small shipments.
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