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12/12/11 -- Ukraine's export efforts are stepping up, having shipped out almost 400,000 MT of grains in the first week of December, bringing the marketing year to date total to 7.3 MMT, a third up on this time last year.

That includes 3.2 MMT of corn, 2.2 MMT of wheat and 1.9 MMT of barley. As of Dec 8th Ukraine had sales commitments to export 7.7 MMT of corn, 3.9 MMT of wheat and 1.9 MMT of barley, according to the Ag Ministry.