Exports of Ukrainian flour increased by 20% compared to pre-war levels

In 2022/2023 marketing year, Ukrainian flour producers increased exports to 149.7 thsd tonnes, which is 20.1% higher than in the pre-war 2020/2021 MY, when it reached 124.6 thsd tonnes. This was announced by the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Union “Millers of Ukraine” Sergiy Sakirkin.

According to him, in 2021/2022 MY flour exports were record low and amounted to 69.8 thsd tonnes. In the current marketing year, the export of Ukrainian flour is expected to reach 180 thsd tonnes, according to the industry association.

Looking at the dynamics of flour exports by month, Sakirkin recalled that from March to June 2022, there was an “unclear state of affairs”.

According to him, the price of flour last season was influenced by both the global price factor and very expensive logistics.

“The terms of delivery, which include payment for transportation, are represented by other prices, but this is not a profit, unfortunately. By the way, the price dynamics of 2022/23 MY, if we do not take absolute figures, is very similar to the dynamics of the pre-war 2020/21 MY,” Sakirkin said.

He emphasized that the war had a significant impact on the geography of Ukrainian flour supplies. Previously, North and Central Africa, especially the UAE, dominated, but now seven out of 10 countries, where the largest volumes of Ukrainian flour were shipped, are European countries.

“Let’s say the usual annual volume is exported to Moldova. But the rest of the countries, if they ever got Ukrainian flour, it was in tiny quantities. Now it is thousands, sometimes even tens of thousands of tons,” Sakirkin wrote.

The industry association specified that 33.94 thousand tons of flour were supplied to Moldova, which accounted for 23% of total exports, 22.16 thousand tons (15%) to Poland, 14.7 thousand tons (10%) to Palestine, 12.98 thousand tons (9%) to Romania, and 9.5 thousand tons (10%) to Croatia. tons (9%), Croatia – 10.77 thousand tons (7%), Hungary – 7.96 thousand tons (5%), Turkey – 7.55 thousand tons (5%), Israel – 6.87 thousand tons (5%), Slovakia – 6.35 thousand tons (4%) and the Czech Republic – 4.43 thousand tons (3%).

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