April 19, 2011

Ukrainian grain stocks down by 2%

Grain stocks in Ukraine on April 1 this year totalled 10.1 million tonnes, 2% less than on the same date a year ago, Ukraine statistics committee said on Monday (Apr 18).

The grain stocks included 4.4 million tonnes of wheat, 1.3 million tonnes of barley, 3.6 million tonnes of corn and 200,000 tonnes of rye.

Farmers held on the date 4.4 million tonnes of grain, 12% less than a year ago, including 1.7 million tonnes of wheat, 800,000 tonnes of barley, 1.5 million tonnes of corn and 100,000 tonnes of rye.

The remaining grain was held by grain storage and processing enterprises.

Ukraine's grain harvest in 2010 fell by 14.8% on the year to 39.23 million tonnes in clean weight because of a summer drought. Ukraine's annual grain consumption is about 26 million tonnes.