Less Flour, More Groats: How Exports of Grain Processing Products Have Changed

This was reported by the Flour Millers of Ukraine Union.

Bran accounts for the largest share of exports (72.1%). In July–September this year, supplies to foreign markets amounted to 86.6 thousand tonnes. This figure is 1.3% lower than in the same period of the 2025/26 marketing year. The key markets for Ukrainian bran in the 2026/27 marketing year were Türkiye — 72.5 thousand tonnes (83.7% of total supplies), Romania — 3.9 thousand tonnes (4.5%), Hungary — 3.3 thousand tonnes (3.8%), Poland — 2.0 thousand tonnes (2.3%), Cyprus — 1.5 thousand tonnes (1.7%), and the Netherlands — 1.0 thousand tonnes (1.2%).

Wheat flour exports in the first three months of the season amounted to 8.6 thousand tonnes (7.1% of total exports), which is 41.1% lower than in the same period of the previous season. The main importers of Ukrainian wheat flour were Moldova — 4.4 thousand tonnes (50.9%), Czechia — 1.9 thousand tonnes (22.7%), Palestine — 0.7 thousand tonnes (8.4%), Israel — 0.4 thousand tonnes (4.6%), and Sweden — 0.3 thousand tonnes (3%).

Exports of flour made from other grains amounted to 0.7 thousand tonnes (0.6% of total exports), which is 26.3% higher than in the same period of the previous marketing year. The top five importers of these products were Moldova — 561 tonnes (76.4%), Israel — 108 tonnes (14.7%), the Netherlands — 23 tonnes (3.1%), Poland — 21 tonnes (2.9%), and Serbia — 11 tonnes (1.5%).

Exports of pasta and couscous during the reporting period amounted to 7.3 thousand tonnes (6% of total supplies), which was 2.7% higher than in the same period of the previous season. The main importers were Germany — 1.6 thousand tonnes (22.4%), the United Kingdom — 0.8 thousand tonnes (11.2%), Moldova — 0.6 thousand tonnes (8.1%), Romania — 0.6 thousand tonnes (8.0%), and Poland — 0.5 thousand tonnes (7.3%).

Exports of groats and pellets over the three months amounted to 6.8 thousand tonnes (5.7% of total supplies), which is 8.6% higher than export volumes in the same period of the 2025/26 marketing year. The key buyers were Moldova — 1.7 thousand tonnes (24.7%), Israel — 1.5 thousand tonnes (22.0%), Romania — 1.2 thousand tonnes (17.4%), Costa Rica — 0.7 thousand tonnes (10.3%), and Lithuania — 0.5 thousand tonnes (6.8%).

At the same time, exports of processed grain from Ukraine amounted to 10.2 thousand tonnes (8.5% of total supplies), which is 36.9% lower than in the same period of the previous season. The top five importers of these products were Romania — 3.0 thousand tonnes (29.4%), the United Kingdom — 0.9 thousand tonnes (8.6%), Germany — 0.8 thousand tonnes (7.5%), Poland — 0.6 thousand tonnes (6.0%), and Türkiye — 0.5 thousand tonnes (4.9%).