KIEV, March 22 ??“ The Ukrainian Grain Association, which unites Ukraine's grain trading companies, has asked Deputy Minister Viktor Slauta to consider canceling wheat export quotas and licensing from April 1.

According to an association report, with the reference to official statistics, the wheat stockpile in Ukraine was 4.5 million tonnes as of March 1, which is almost the level of 2006, when exports were unrestricted.