# Global wheat shipments withstood the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

> A World Bank blog reports that global wheat shipments held up after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with no major disruptions to seaborne wheat trade. Wheat prices returned to pre-war levels by the end of 2022.

- Date: 2024-02-22 · published 2024-02-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14326-global-wheat-shipments-withstood-the-shock-of-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The finding that supply chains proved resilient reinforces that wheat and feed grain prices have normalized, with no current war-driven premium.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-05 | [Short-term outlook report: EU agricultural markets remain stable despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine - Agriculture and rural development](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39065-short-term-outlook-report-eu-agricultural-markets-remain-stable-despite-the.md) | -14.1% | -15.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-18 | [Global wheat prices seen under pressure on record output - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26545-global-wheat-prices-seen-under-pressure-on-record-output-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -0.0% | +4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-19 | [Russia and Ukraine’s grain ambitions face a wartime stress test \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14106-russia-and-ukraine-s-grain-ambitions-face-a-wartime-stress-test-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.6% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-01-16 | [Ukraine’s grand grains vision blunted on investment doubts – Customs Today Newspaper](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66840-ukraine-s-grand-grains-vision-blunted-on-investment-doubts-customs-today.md) | +2.7% | +6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-19 | [Global wheat exports update: Russia’s wheat exports rise to 732,000 tonnes, while US exports forecast at 875 million bushels - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14185-global-wheat-exports-update-russia-s-wheat-exports-rise-to-732-000-tonnes-while.md) | -1.7% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- blogs.worldbank.org: https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/trade/global-wheat-shipments-withstood-shock-russias-invasion-ukraine

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