Ukraine may in 2022 harvest of Grains and oil crops to 66,5 million Tonnen preserved, covering an area of approximately 18,8 million Hektar to be collected. This forecast was expressed by the Ukrainian Grain Association.
At the beginning of April, the association had forecast a value of 20 million tons for an area of around 63 million hectares.
especially the wheat harvest In Ukraine this year, the association's experts expect 19,2 million tons, which is well below last year's record (33 million tons), but triples annual domestic grain consumption. The transition stocks are: Wheat the last harvest was almost 10 million tons. Wheat exports could be around 2022 million tonnes in 23/10 with such harvest results and taking into account large transition stocks.
We can Barley Harvest this year at 6,6 million tons (2021 - 10,1 million tons), so exports in 2022/23 are expected at 2 million tons. The corn harvest can be expected at 26,1 million tons (37,6 million tons), while its exports can be around 15 million tons.
Ukrainian Grain Association
Regarding oil crops, the harvest of Sunflowers 9 million tons are expected in Ukraine (in 2021 – 16,9 million tons). the canola production is forecast at 1,5 million tons (2,9 million tons), exports in 2022/2023 are expected at 1,3 million tons. the soybean harvest is expected to be 2,1 million tonnes (3,5 million tonnes), with exports of 2022 million tonnes in 23/0,8.
Overall, the export of Grains and oil is expected to reach 2022 million tons in 23/30, when Ukraine, under the conditions of the blockade of Black Sea ports, can double the capacity of other logistics areas, including railway crossings at the borders with EU countries.
At the same time it is noted that today the capacity of alternative export routes is no more than 1,5 million tons per month.
In order for Ukraine to reach an export value of 30 million tons, it is necessary to increase the capacity at the EU borders to 3 million tons per month.
Ukrainian Grain Association