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Ukraine ranked as the world's sixth-largest corn producer in the 2020-2021 season with 29.5 million tons, after the United States, China, Brazil, the European Union, and Argentina, and was the world's fourth-largest exporter of corn after the U.S., Brazil, and Argentina. Ukrainian corn exports totaled 24 million tons.
Regarding barley, Ukraine ranked as the fifth-largest producer behind the EU, Russia, Australia, and Canada and was the fourth-largest exporter behind the EU, Russia, and Australia, with 4.2 million tons exported.
As far as wheat, Ukraine was the world's seventh-largest producer and sixth-largest exporter with 21.01 million tons.
Leading global exporters of corn. Source: 333 from USDA data.
EU grain imports from Ukraine
At the EU level, according to DG-Agri data, from 2016 to 2020 Ukraine was the second-largest supplier of grain to the EU with a share of 26%, behind Brazil (33%).
For the 2020/21 season, of the nearly 15 million total tons of corn imported by the EU, Ukraine was the second-leading origin with 6.54 million tons.
EU imports of wheat and barley are less significant, with a total of 2 million and 1.24 million tons imported respectively, of which 626,691 t and 52,000 t were from Ukraine.
For the 2021/22 marketing year Ukraine is the main supplier to the EU of corn (52% of the total quota), the second supplier of barley (9%) and of wheat (18.9%), and the first supplier of sorghum (38%).
For more information, you can visit our Raw materials statistics section where you will find production and trade data.
February 25, 2022/ 333 Staff.
