KYIV, Dec 16 – The forecasted gross harvest of grain crops in Ukraine in 2022-2023 marketing season may be 34 million metric tons, which is 37% less than in 2021-2022 and 60% less than in 2020-2021, while the oilseeds crop is expected to reach 19.3 million metric tons, which is 13% more than in 2022 and 15% less than in 2021.

As reported on the website of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) on Friday, such a reduction in the grain harvest was caused by a decrease in the sown area under them next year by 45%, to 8.7 million hectares.