# UN: More than 21M tonnes of foodstuffs already exported from Ukrainian ports

> The UN reports that more than 21 million tonnes of foodstuffs have been exported from Ukrainian ports under the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Corn makes up 47% of the volume and wheat 29%, with China, Spain and Turkey as the main recipients. Ukraine's president has proposed adding Mykolaiv and Olvia ports.

- Date: 2023-02-13 · published 2023-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14416-un-more-than-21m-tonnes-of-foodstuffs-already-exported-from-ukrainian-ports
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Continued flows of corn and wheat keep global supply moving, which limits upward price pressure. Expansion to more ports would add export capacity over time.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-08-13 | [Ukrainian ports transshipped more than 1 mln tonnes of barley in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45401-ukrainian-ports-transshipped-more-than-1-mln-tonnes-of-barley-in-july.md) | -1.7% | -9.0% |
| CORN | 2023-02-01 | [Over 19 mln tonnes of Ukrainian foods exported under Black Sea Grain Initiative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14417-over-19-mln-tonnes-of-ukrainian-foods-exported-under-black-sea-grain-initiative.md) | +1.2% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2016-12-07 | [Ukrainian grain exports reach nearly 19 mln tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73352-ukrainian-grain-exports-reach-nearly-19-mln-tonnes.md) | +1.6% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2017-05-04 | [Ukraine: From the beginning of 2016 – 2017г 37.2 mln. tonnes of grain have been exported from the country](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70862-ukraine-from-the-beginning-of-2016-2017-37-2-mln-tonnes-of-grain-have-been.md) | +1.3% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2017-11-28 | [Grain export from Ukrainian sea ports last week amounted to 595k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67832-grain-export-from-ukrainian-sea-ports-last-week-amounted-to-595k-tons.md) | +1.1% | +6.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-13 | [Ukrainian ports transshipped more than 1 mln tonnes of barley in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45401-ukrainian-ports-transshipped-more-than-1-mln-tonnes-of-barley-in-july.md) | +1.6% | +3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-24 | [More than 6 million tons of Ukrainian grain have already been exported \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45402-more-than-6-million-tons-of-ukrainian-grain-have-already-been-exported.md) | +0.0% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2016-12-07 | [Ukrainian grain exports reach nearly 19 mln tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73352-ukrainian-grain-exports-reach-nearly-19-mln-tonnes.md) | +1.1% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- ukrinform.net: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3669269-un-more-than-21-million-tonnes-of-foodstuffs-already-exported-from-ukrainian-ports.html

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