KIEV, March 10 – The United States Department of Agriculture has downgraded its grain export forecast for Ukraine for the 2010/2011 marketing year by 2.3 million tons compared to its forecast a month ago, to 12.63 million tons.

According to the USDA, Ukrainian wheat exports were downgraded from 5.5 million tons to four million tons, and feed grain from 9.43 million tons to 8.63 million tons.

Along with this, the USDA kept unchanged its forecast for corn exports, at 5.5 million tons.