# Ukraine's corn export value up 24% in 10 months but down 3.3 times in October

> Ukraine exported almost 17.5 million tonnes of corn in January–October, up 26% year on year, worth $3.77 billion (up 24%). Turkey was the main buyer with a 31.58% share, followed by Italy and Spain. October exports fell 3.3 times year on year to $59.5 million.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-15T07:38:12.326Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/100975-ukraine-s-corn-export-value-up-24-in-10-months-but-down-3-3-times-in-october
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The sharp October drop in Ukrainian shipments shows a slowdown in Black Sea corn flows late in the season, which supports Brazilian and Argentine supply competing for Turkish, Italian and Spanish buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-12-07 | [U.S. ethanol, DDGS exports up in October](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67470-u-s-ethanol-ddgs-exports-up-in-october.md) | +2.9% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2019-10-16 | [Ukraine's Oct 5-11 sea port exports down 50 pct wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56433-ukraine-s-oct-5-11-sea-port-exports-down-50-pct-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -1.2% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2017-11-13 | [In 10M 2017 Ukraine exported 32 MT of grain — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67831-in-10m-2017-ukraine-exported-32-mt-of-grain-latifundist-com.md) | -0.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2021-02-19 | [Ukrainian seaports cut corn transshipment by 1.7 times in January](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48489-ukrainian-seaports-cut-corn-transshipment-by-1-7-times-in-january.md) | +0.6% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2020-06-04 | [Grain export 2019/20: Ukraine's staples exports up 16% YoY — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52474-grain-export-2019-20-ukraine-s-staples-exports-up-16-yoy-latifundist-com.md) | +0.7% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- interfax.com.ua: https://interfax.com.ua/news/economic/1236377.html

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