KYIV, July 12 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reviewed downwards the forecast for export of Ukrainian wheat in 2019/20 agricultural year (July-June) by 0.5 million tons, to 19 million tons, and harvest – by 1 million tons, to 29 million tons, according to a July report of the USDA posted on its website.

According to the report, compared with the June report, the forecast for the export of barley in 2019/20 agri-year was also lowered to 4.2 million tons (by 0.3 million tons) due to the deterioration of the forecast for the production of this crop to 8.5 million tons (by 0.5 million tons).