corn

Ukrainian corn exports have slowed to their lowest level in seven years despite a good harvest last year, according to Logos Press.

On average, the price of corn rose by 0.1 lei/kg during two decades of December on the Moldovan market, which was due to limited supply rather than to increased demand, Logos Press reported.

The slow pace of the 2025 maize harvest campaign due to high soil moisture in the fields and grain in the cob increases the risk of deterioration in the quality of these products, especially when they are stored. This is the case in many countries in the Northern Black Sea region, but especially in Ukraine and Moldova.

The slow pace of the corn harvesting campaign due to high soil moisture in the fields and grain in the cob increases the risk of reducing the quality of this product, especially when it is put into storage, Logos Press reported.

On the threshold of the harvesting campaign in the south of Moldova the estimated sorghum yield does not exceed 3-4 tons/ha, in the north – 5-6 tons/ha, – reports Logos Press with reference to the operators of the grain market of the country.

Based on a presidential decree, Turkey allowed duty-free imports of 0.5 million tons of corn from July 14 to 31, Logos Press reported.

The area of grain corn sown for the harvest-2025 has shrunk to about 300 thousand hectares. Last year, this crop occupied 464 thousand hectares in the Republic of Moldova.

From April 2024 to April 2025, only about 138 thousand tons of corn were exported from Moldova, which is 68% less than the previous season (434 thousand tons), – reports Logos Press with reference to the Association of Grain Exporters Agrocereale.