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According to the official statistics data, in July-April of 2015/16 MY Ukraine exported 6.2 thsd tonnes of chickpeas, a decrease of 3 times compared with the same period of last MY (19 thsd tonnes). Since the beginning of the current MY, the export volumes of Ukrainian chickpeas to Turkey showed the most significant decline indices - to 1.2 thsd tonnes, against 7.3 thsd tonnes.

In January-March of 2016, revenues from the exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the European Union totaled 1.2 bln USD, an increase of 15.3% compared with the same period in the previous year, declared the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Vladyslava Rutytska on April 25.

According to APK-Inform analysts, in Ukraine corn will restore its positions in the structure of general grain harvest in 2016. Corn production is expected to reach 25.6 mln tonnes, or 44% of the general grain harvest. At the same time, wheat production will reduce to 21.5 mln tonnes (to 37%), and barley production will total 8.6 mln tonnes (15%).

The USDA released its Quarterly Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports today causing a bearish reaction from the markets. Al Kluis of Kluis Commodities sees the report as price negative. "The USDA's corn acreage estimate is surprising to the high side. It will be interesting to see what today's trade does with the USDA's lower soybean estimate and lower wheat acreage estimate," Kluis says.