Ukraine's 2024/25 grain exports are likely to decrease to around 40 million metric tons from almost 51 million tons in 2023/24 due to a smaller harvest, the first deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy said on Friday.
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Ukraine grain exports to fall by more than 10 million tonnes due to smaller crop, official says
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