KIEV, Dec. 20 - Ukraine exported 8.1 million tonnes of grain crops through December 19, Serhiy Kvasha, the head of the economic and market development department at the Agrarian Policy Ministry, said.

Ukraine exported 2.3 million tonnes of wheat, 3.8 million tonnes of corn and 830,000 tonnes of rapeseeds, he said.

Corn continues to be the key crop for Ukraine’s agriculture commodity exports: in November 1.718 million tonnes of corn out of 2.14 million tonnes of crops, or 78% of the total volume of exported grain, were exported.