Ukraine is selling less food, but making more money, calculates Alfa-Bank Ukraine.

Ukraine is selling less food, but making more money, calculates Alfa-Bank Ukraine. “Decreased crops have been more than compensated by elevated prices for key commodities,” Oleskiy Blinov, Alfa’s head of research, writes in its latest report. Farm output will likely be down 12% yoy, dragged down by a 13% drop in grain and a 17% drop in oilseeds. However, he notes: “Export prices for wheat are now up 22% y-o-y, corn is 33% y-o-y more dear, while sunflower oil enjoys 45% y-o-y growth in price.”