forecast

The growth is due to the recovery of the sunflower crop to 13 million tons after a drop to 10.7 million tons in the previous season.

In the 2026/27 season, Ukraine expects to resume production of sunflower and sunflower oil after a weaker current marketing year.

Ukraine expects to increase corn exports in the 2026/27 season due to better weather conditions and a reorientation of sales to new markets.

Intensive cargo arrivals to Ukrainian ports have led to local overloading of individual terminals.

The key drivers were exports from South America, soybeans and wheat – and this is already supporting freight indices.

In the February report, the corn harvest in Ukraine was left at 29 million tons, but the export forecast was reduced to 22 million tons.

In the 2025/26 marketing year, the forecast for Ukrainian grain exports fell by approximately 500 thousand tons.

For the first time, supplies will exceed 3 billion tons due to the increase in wheat and corn harvests. The International Grains Council (IGC) has raised its forecast for the 2025/26 season: world grain production will be 2.412 billion tons, and total supplies will exceed 3 billion tons for the first time. This is reported…

Ukrainian corn exports remained low in September, but a sharp recovery in the market is expected in October.

After a drop in supplies in the 2024/25 MY, Ukrainian exporters are focusing on restoring volumes in the new season.