The analysis of modern trends and modern issues of the grain exports in Ukraine

Abstract

The article analyzes the modern trends and the modern issues of the export of grain in Ukraine. In the beginning, article describes the relevance of the matter under consideration. Then, there is the general characteristic of monetary indicator of grain exports in Ukraine in 2012, as well as, there are the dynamics of this indicator over the last ten years. The article provides the detail analysis of the feature of Ukrainian grain exports for each year of the period from 2007 to 2012, because over the last ten years there are significant fluctuations of the monetary indicators of grain export in Ukraine. This analysis considers: the changes of monetary indicators and quantity indicators of grain exports in Ukraine, the dynamics of production and consumption of grain in Ukraine and in the world, the volume of world grain trade, the fluctuations in world grain prices, the commodity structure of Ukrainian grain export and other factors, which have a great influence on the export of Ukrainian grain in the period under review . The possible characteristics of Ukrainian grain exports in the 2013/2014 marketing year are considered in the article. Since reducing of the profitability of domestic grain producers and grain exporters caused by the deterioration of conditions in the world grain market, there is analysis of the problems, which are typical for grain producers and exporters in Ukraine at the modern time. In particular, the article describes in detail the problems, which associated with: the lack of facilities for the storage of grain, the lack of the railway facilities to transport the grain, the capacity rail ways, port infrastructure, irrationality of the phytosanitary control, the fiscal system. Also there are common problems of Ukrainian agriculture. At the end, article has the main conclusions.