KYIV, Oct 28 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that if active hostilities with the Russian forces continue through the middle of 2024, the harvest of grain and leguminous crops in the country will decrease (under a pessimistic scenario with a blockade of its ports) to 51.5 million tons per 2023 (40% less compared to 2021), and to 52.5 million tons in 2024 (38.7% less).

According to the NBU inflation report for October, the key factor in forecasting crop volumes will be the availability of crop exports from Ukrainian seaports.