KIEV, Sept. 13 - Ukraine will increase exports of corn by 18.3% to 16.4 million metric tons in the 2013-2014 marketing season from 13.86 million tons the previous season, the agrarian policy and food ministry reported Friday.

Ukraine, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of grain, will boost the corn exports in reaction to strong demand, Mykola Prysiazhniuk, the agriculture policy and food minister, said in a statement.