Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine may export 12 million metric tons of corn this marketing year that started July 1, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said today in an interview in Kiev.

Ukraine’s corn harvest will probably reach a record of 20 million tons on higher yields, the minister said.

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