KYIV, May 19 - For the period from May 1 through May 19, 2022, Ukraine exported 643,000 tons of grain crops, while the export rate increased: for the week from May 12 to May 19, 344,000 tons were delivered to foreign markets, while for a week and a half of this month (from May 1 through May 12) this figure amounted to 299,000 tons, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported.

However, as reported on the website of the Ministry, the rate of grain exports since the beginning of May this year is 2.8 times lower compared to the same period last year (1.8 million tons were exported from May 1 to May 19, 2021).

Such a decline in the ministry is explained by the blockade of Ukrainian seaports, a key export infrastructure, by the troops of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation.