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17.08.2011
Ukraine: as of August 1, grain stocks up 19%
As of August 1, 2011, in Ukraine agricultural enterprises (except of small ones) and grain storage and processing enterprises stocked 20 mln tonnes of grains (including 14.2 mln tonnes of wheat, 4.2 mln tonnes of barley, 0.7 mln tonnes of maize, 0.3 mln tonnes of rye), an increase of 19% compared to the same date of 2010, informed the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.
Directly agrarian companies stored 13.6 mln tonnes of grains (up 25%), including 9.6 mln tonnes of wheat, 2.9 mln tonnes of barley, 0.4 mln tonnes of maize, 0.2 mln tonnes of rye.
Grain storage and processing enterprises stored 6.4 mln tonnes of grains (down 7%), including directly grain storage enterprises – 4.8 mln tonnes (up 10%).
Besides, sunflower seeds storing volumes totaled 0.4 mln tonnes (down 29% compared to August 1, 2010). At the same time, directly agrarian enterprises (except of the small ones) stored 0.2 mln tonnes (down 29% compared to the last year), and storage and processing enterprises – 0.2 mln tonnes of sunflower seeds (down 28%).
The domestic consumption of grains in Ukraine is estimated at the level of nearly 26 mln tonnes per year.
