According to the leading analytical agencies, in 2019/20 MY five major grain-producing countries of the Black Sea region — Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria — can provide the general production of nearly 248.7 mln tonnes of wheat, barley and corn, which covers 12% of the global production of grain crops, declared the grain market analyst, and the Head of the information department at APK-Inform Agency, Andrei Kupchenko during his report at the international conference Grain & Maritime Days in Odessa-2019 on May 31.

Russia and Ukraine keep the key roles in the region, since in the new season they can produce 122.2 mln tonnes and 67.8 mln tonnes of the reporting crops respectively, the analyst said.

He added that the general share of the reporting countries cover 70% of grain production in the Black Sea region and 25% of the global exports.

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