The volume of Ukrainian grain already exported and prepared for export has reached 28.6 million tonnes so far in the 2018/19 season, against 25 million by the same point a season ago, Ukraine's state service for food safety said on Wednesday. Ukraine has said it harvested a record 70 million tonnes of grain in 2018 versus 61.3 million in 2017, while the agriculture ministry said exports could rise to 47.2 million tonnes in the July 2018-June 2019 season from 39.4 million the season before.

It said the volume included 11.5 million tonnes of wheat, including 7.1 million tonnes of milling wheat, compared with 12.3 million in the same period last season, while corn shipments rose to 13.3 million tonnes from around 8.2 million.

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