Ukraine's malt imports suffered a decline of 15.3% down to 13,570 tons during the first five months of 2002, if compared with the corresponding period of 2001. However, this period registered some positive tendencies of malt imports, State Statistics Committee (SSC) reveals. According to the supplied figures by SSC, in May 2002 Ukraine’s malt imports rose by 163.3% up to 4,437 tons for USD 950 thousand, in comparison with April 2002. If we compare the figures of May 2002 year-to-year, malt imports rose by 9.2%. And, the biggest supplier for this period was Germany with 840 tons.

E-malt.com, the global information source for the brewing and malting industry professionals. The bi-weekly E-malt.com Newsletters feature latest industry news, statistics in graphs and tables, world barley and malt prices, and other relevant information. Click here to get full access to E-malt.com. If you are a Castle Malting client, you can get free access to E-malt.com website and publications. Contact us for more information at marketing@castlemalting.com .