UKRAINE (7 October)
Aggregate cereal harvest, which has nearly been completed, is estimated at about 35 million tonnes, more than 6 million tonnes down on the harvest in 2004/05 marketing year. The aggregate harvest this year includes some 18.2 million tonnes of wheat, 8.8 million tonnes of barley and 4.9 million tonnes of maize. Adverse weather conditions in spring and part of summer compromised some of the spring cereals, mainly maize and barley. Aggregate cereal export during the 2005/06 marketing year is forecast at about 10.3 million tonnes some 868 000 tonnes down on the previous year. Cereal exports include 5.2 million tonnes of wheat, 3.1 million tonnes of barley and 1.8 million tonne of maize.