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16.12.2014
Grain stocks in Ukraine as of Dec 1 some 14% more than last year stocks
Grain stocks at agricultural enterprises in Ukraine, apart from small ones, and at enterprises that store and process grain, amounted to 30.9 million tonnes as of December 1, 2014, which is 14% up year-over-year, Ukraine's State Statistics Service has said.
Wheat stocks amounted to 9.7 million tonnes, those of barley stood at 2.5 million tonnes, corn at 17.2 million tonnes, and rye at 300,000 tonnes.
Grain reserves just at agricultural enterprises weighed in at 17.6 million tonnes as of December 1, which was 17% more than a year earlier, including 5.6 million tonnes of wheat, 1.6 million tonnes of barley, 9.1 million tonnes of corn, and 100,000 tonnes of rye.
The statistics service's figures indicate that sunflower seed reserves amounted to 6.1 million tonnes as of the said date, which was 16% down year-over-year, including 3.6 million tonnes stored at agricultural enterprises (1% up year-over-year).
