Analyst APK-Inform raises Ukraine 2020/21 barley export forecast

KYIV, March 18 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s APK-Inform consultancy has increased its 2020/21 barley export forecast to 4.25 million tonnes from the 4.20 million tonnes estimated a month ago, the consultancy said on Thursday.Ukraine has already exported 3.9 million tonnes of the commodity, using almost 93% of the 2020/21 exportable surplus, it said in a statement.APK-Inform said that most of the volume – 2.7 million tonnes – was supplied to China and that Beijing has covered 33% of its imports with Ukrainian-origin barley so far in the 2020/21 July-June season.

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