# UN: Food exports from Ukraine are up, Russia fertilizer down | AP News

> UN coordinator Amir Abdulla said 129 fully laden ships carrying over 2.8 million tons of grain had left the three designated Ukrainian Black Sea ports. Fertilizer shipments from Russia were reported to be down over the same period.

- Date: 2022-09-13 · published 2022-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14454-un-food-exports-from-ukraine-are-up-russia-fertilizer-down-ap-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Ukrainian grain exports add supply to global wheat and corn markets, while lower Russian fertilizer flows tighten nitrogen supply and support urea prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-01-24 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72852-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | -0.4% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2017-04-19 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71356-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2022-07-22 | ['A beacon of hope': Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deal \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14469-a-beacon-of-hope-ukraine-russia-sign-grain-export-deal-ap-news.md) | -2.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2019-07-02 | [bne IntelliNews - Ukraine takes “world’s large grain exporter” title from Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57942-bne-intellinews-ukraine-takes-world-s-large-grain-exporter-title-from-russia.md) | +2.8% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-01-31 | [News from Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72851-news-from-russia.md) | -0.5% | +0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-01-24 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72852-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +1.1% | +4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-19 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71356-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +1.2% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2016-12-22 | [Grain exports from Russia down 1.8% – Customs Today Newspaper](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73347-grain-exports-from-russia-down-1-8-customs-today-newspaper.md) | +0.2% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-global-trade-united-nations-73714206bd0c0bd9aab84ca0bb78d070

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