date:Aug 14, 2013
help meet local demand of 4 million tonnes, and domestic output amounts to about 1 million tonnes.
Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry has said the former Soviet republic is likely to increase its wheat exports to about 9 million tonnes in the 2013/14 July-June season from 7 million tonnes in 2012/13, thanks to a bigger harvest.
It said Ukraine planned to supply grain to its traditional consumers in the Middle east and North Africa but also increase shipments to new markets in Asia.
Ukraine, which