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Ukraine Delays Grain Curbs

By The Moscow Times

Aug. 18, 2010

KIEV — Ukraine, one of the world’s top grain exporters, on Wednesday delayed a widely expected decision to introduce grain export quotas that would more than halve exports after severe weather ravaged its harvest.

Ukraine plans to limit wheat exports to 1.5 million metric tons and barley exports to 1 million metric tons in September-December 2010, according to a draft government resolution published on Wednesday.

(Reuters)

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