Ukraine raises road food exports in October

Kyiv: Ukraine has increased its road grain shipments in the first half of October, aiming to send abroad as much as possible of its bumper grain and vegetable oil output, brokers said on Wednesday.

Spike Brokers said 277,000 metric tons of agricultural goods were exported by lorries on Oct. 1 to Oct. 16 compared with 271,000 tons in the same period in September.

For the whole of September, Ukrainian exports by vehicle totalled 514,000 tons against 506,000 tons in August.

"In October, the average daily rate of vehicles with agricultural products for export through customs checkpoints also increased," brokers said.

The Ukrainian farm ministry said a total of 7.5 million tons of grain were exported from the country so far the 2023/24 July-June season as of Oct. 13.

Ukraine is expected to harvest 79 million tons of grain and oilseed in 2023, with the 2023/24 exportable surplus totals of about 50 million tons.