KIEV: The Ukrainian government has agreed with traders that the maximum volume of wheat to be exported this season (July 2017-June 2018) will be 16.5 million tonnes, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.
Ukraine harvested around 26 million tonnes of wheat this year and the ministry said earier this year that exports could total no more than 17 million tonnes. Ukraine exported 17.4 million tonnes of wheat last season. Exports had reached around 7 million tonnes as of Oct. 12.