Ukraine: in May of this year, exports of soybean fell by 32%

In May this year, the volume of export supplies of soybeans was almost 146 thousand tons, which is 32% behind the indicator for April, but exceeds the indicator for May of the last year by 5.6%.

Such information was provided by the portal “UkrAgroConsult”.

The volume of exported soybeans over the period from September to May of the current MY amounted to 2.62 million tons, which is 3.3% below the figure for the past MY, but at the same time, exports are approaching record levels.

The main importing countries of soybeans from Ukraine are the EU countries, Turkey and Belarus.

In addition, Iran and Egypt can also be included to the list of the main importing countries. The share of these countries in total exports is 14% and 11% respectively.