Ukraine Ag Ministry raised its forecast for 2016/17 grain exports.

The Ag Ministry of Ukraine raised its forecast for the country’s 2016/17 grain exports from 41 MMT to 42 MMT. The grain export forecast for Ukraine envisages 16.6 MMT of wheat exports, 5.6 MMT of barley, 19 MMT of corn and 1 MMT of other cereals. Ukraine exported some 35.4 MMT of cereals in the 2016/17 season by April 2017, including 15.4 MMT of wheat (of which 10.1 MMT is milling wheat), 14.9 MMT of corn, roughly 4.9 MMT of barley.