Ukraine: Barley exports could fall 16% in 2017/18 - analysts

Ukraine’s 2017/18 barley exports may fall 16 percent to 4.5 million tonnes due to a smaller harvest, analyst UkrAgroConsult forecast on November 23.

Ukraine harvested 8.6 million tonnes of barley this year, down from 9.5 million in 2017.

Ukrainian exporters supplied 416,100 tonnes of barley to foreign markets in the first four months of the 2017/18 July-June season, down 21 percent from the same period a year earlier, UkrAgroConsult said in a statement.

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