According to the assessment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), world production of grain in 2016 amounted to 2.600 MMT, which is 66.2 MMT (2.6%) more than the result of the last year. It has been reported that the production of grain in Ukraine amounted to 65.4 MMT, which is an increase of 9% over the same period of the last year. At the same time, gross wheat harvest, on the contrary, fell by 2% to 26.0 MMT.
The total volume of grain production on the territory of the CIS countries in 2016 amounted to 193 MMT, which exceeded the high results of the previous year by 12%. Growth was achieved due to an increase in gross wheat harvest, primarily in Russia, where the harvest of this crop in 2016 was 73.3 MMT (+18%), offsetting the decline in production in other countries of the region, particularly in Ukraine (-2%).
According to FAO, in Ukraine, the total area under winter grains in the current season has amounted to 6.1 MMT (-1% compared to last year”s figures). As reported, by the end of winter, about 80% of the crops were in good or in satisfactory condition. Thus, by the end of 2017, FAO analysts forecast a decline in gross wheat harvest in Ukraine by 4% to 25 MMT.
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Indicators of grain production in selected European countries, MMT (According to FAO) |
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Wheat |
2016/2015, % |
Grain total |
2016/2015, % |
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
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European countries, total |
249,0 |
256,7 |
252,1 |
-2% |
525,2 |
500,3 |
508,0 |
+1,5% |
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Ukraine |
24,1 |
26,5 |
26,0 |
-2% |
63,8 |
60,0 |
65,4 |
+9,0% |
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Belarus |
2,9 |
2,9 |
2,9 |
− |
9,0 |
8,6 |
9,0 |
+4,9% |
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Russia |
59,7 |
61,8 |
73,3 |
+18% |
103,1 |
102,4 |
116,1 |
13,4% |
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The EU |
157,1 |
160,5 |
144,5 |
-10% |
331,7 |
314,5 |
301,7 |
-4,1% |
