Ukrainian agricultural exports rise 80% in May

Ukraine’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday that exports of cereals, oilseeds and vegetable oils rose 80 percent in May year-on-year to 1.743 million tonnes, but the quantities were still much lower than exports in the same month of 2021.

The ministry added that corn dominated exports with 959,000 tons, while sunflower oil exports amounted to 202,650 tons.

Ukraine exported 2.245 million tons of corn and 501,800 tons of sunflower oil in May 2021.