KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s grain exports are continuing to fall significantly behind the pace a year ago, with 13.4 million tonnes exported so far, compared to 18.3 million tonnes last year, according to data from the agriculture ministry.

The exports include 5.9 million tonnes of wheat, 6.5 million tonnes of corn and 876,000 tonnes of barley. By this time last year, Ukraine had exported 6.9 million tonnes of wheat, 9.8 million tonnes of corn and 1.48 million tonnes of barley.

Ukraine officials expect a harvest of 79 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds in 2023-24 with an exportable surplus of 50 million tonnes.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine made up 9% of global wheat exports, 15% of maize and 44% of sunflower oil.

United Nations officials are trying to revive the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which Russia quit in July a year after it was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. Since then, Ukraine launched a humanitarian corridor for agricultural exports that has allowed for the shipment of more than 4 million tonnes.