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Ukraine to limit wheat barley exports,exempts grain

By Daryna Krasnolutska

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine, the worlds biggest barley exporter, plans to limit overseas sales of the grain and wheat through the end of the year to shore up domestic food supply, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said.

Export quotas will be probably 1 million metric tons for barley and 1.5 million tons for wheat from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, the minister said today. Corn is likely to be exempt from the curbs, and 1 million tons of grain already at ports for export will be allowed to go before the quotas start, Prysyazhnyuk said. Ukraine shipped 5 million tons of wheat and 2.26 million tons of barley from September through December last year, according to researcher ProAgro.

We need to secure food safety in the country, the minister said at a meeting with exporters and producers in Kiev.

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