OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2012. Ukraine plans this year to export about 14 million tons of corn. Currently abroad has sold 4.7 million tons of this crop. As for the export of maize to China, then decide which company will be engaged in domestic corn sales to China will traders. This was announced during the final annual press conference, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.

"As soon as we were able to resolve all phytosanitary standards with the Government of China to obtain permission for domestic corn supply to the Chinese market. We recently had a meeting with Ukrainian grain traders and decided that they between themselves distribute volume of quota of 2 million tons and decide who will export corn to the Chinese market", Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said.

The Minister also said that state-owned company will not be involved. But by state and exporting company remains responsibility for the quality of grain sold abroad.