KIEV, Oct. 23 - Ukraine will increase grain exports by 36% within the next eight years, capitalizing on the expected increase in output of wheat and corn, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said Wednesday.

Ukraine will increase the exports to 41 million metric tons of grain per marking year in 2019-2020, up from 30.2 million metric tons expected to be exported in 2013-2014 and 23 million mt in 2012-2013.