Ukraine could export 15-18 million tons of grain

"Expected exports will, I think, in the amount of 15-18 million tons (grain)," – said Prisyajnyuk reporters. According to the minister, if the crop will then Ukraine exports and a larger volume of grain. "A lot will depend on future crops. Will yield at 2-3 million tons more than we need to export ", – said Prisyajnyuk. He also noted that the transitional stocks of grain in Ukraine is currently about 6 million tons. Ukraine May 31, exported 11 million tons of grain last year's harvest in terms of exports of 13 million tons. The decline in exports was due to the drought and the introduction of export quotas, which the authorities have abolished on May 25. At the same time, President Viktor Yanukovych does not rule out the introduction of export duties on grain rather than quotas. Ukraine, which is one of the leading grain producers in 2010 was forced to introduce quotas on grain exports due to the fact that the harvest was much smaller than predicted. The world community has met with a negative quotas, but Kiev has declared that this measure is necessary to ensure national food security. Ukraine in 2010, collected 39.2 million tonnes of grain to 46 million tons in 2009. The authorities expect this year to harvest not less than in 2009.