# Deal reached in principle to resume Ukraine grain transit with 5 EU countries | Reuters

> The European Commission reached a deal in principle to allow Ukrainian grain transit to resume through five EU countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. These countries had restricted imports over concerns that Ukrainian grain was depressing local markets.

- Date: 2023-04-28 · published 2023-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14400-deal-reached-in-principle-to-resume-ukraine-grain-transit-with-5-eu-countries
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Restored transit routes give Ukrainian grain a path to market and ease bottlenecks in the EU, adding supply to wheat and corn. The move reduces the chance of Ukrainian grain being stranded in Eastern Europe.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-19 | [Exclusive: Ukraine will not limit wheat exports in 2025/26, says deputy minister \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21995-exclusive-ukraine-will-not-limit-wheat-exports-in-2025-26-says-deputy-minister.md) | -1.6% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-15 | [Granaries overflowing, Food dept’s SOS to MEA: Send wheat, rice as aid to deserving countries \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56513-granaries-overflowing-food-dept-s-sos-to-mea-send-wheat-rice-as-aid-to.md) | -1.3% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-07 | [China won't hike grain import quotas for U.S. trade deal: Caixin](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54941-china-won-t-hike-grain-import-quotas-for-u-s-trade-deal-caixin.md) | +1.5% | -3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-11 | [Argentina decides not to increase grain export taxes \| 2021-02-11  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48460-argentina-decides-not-to-increase-grain-export-taxes-2021-02-11-world-grain.md) | +9.3% | +9.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-03 | [Arab News \| Commodities Update — Gold prices fall; Indonesia to raise palm oil export quota; Russia reduces grain export taxes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6223-arab-news-commodities-update-gold-prices-fall-indonesia-to-raise-palm-oil.md) | -5.4% | -14.6% |
| CORN | 2021-04-21 | [Reshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47641-reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-to-change-animal-feed-recipes-reuters.md) | +14.7% | +11.9% |
| CORN | 2021-08-04 | [China intervenes to manage commodity prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45860-china-intervenes-to-manage-commodity-prices-reuters.md) | -1.0% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2021-04-30 | [China hopes to produce larger hogs that consume less grain with new genetic strategy
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47647-china-hopes-to-produce-larger-hogs-that-consume-less-grain-with-new-genetic.md) | +5.0% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/deal-reached-principle-resume-ukraine-grain-transit-with-5-eu-countries-2023-04-28/

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