# How can Ukraine export its harvest to the world?

> Ukrainian farmers have about 20 million tonnes of grain they cannot move to world markets before the new harvest. Farmgate prices have roughly halved since the invasion, and sales have largely stopped. Ukraine supplies 42% of traded sunflower oil, 16% of maize and 9% of wheat.

- Date: 2022-05-25 · published 2022-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14487-how-can-ukraine-export-its-harvest-to-the-world
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Trapped stocks keep world supply tight while local prices collapse, widening the gap between domestic and export prices. Exports resuming would release supply to importers and pull global prices down.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-03 | [Ukrainian grain exporters incur the highest costs in ports — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67885-ukrainian-grain-exporters-incur-the-highest-costs-in-ports-latifundist-com.md) | +0.1% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-31 | [Grain exports from Ukraine interrupted by bad weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60949-grain-exports-from-ukraine-interrupted-by-bad-weather.md) | -0.8% | -5.9% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-03 | [Freight rates for grain exports from Ukraine have increased \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25783-freight-rates-for-grain-exports-from-ukraine-have-increased-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -3.4% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-01 | [IGC webinar looks at ways to improve grain export logistics in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38136-igc-webinar-looks-at-ways-to-improve-grain-export-logistics-in-ukraine.md) | -9.9% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-23 | [Worker disputes ail grain handlers on the eve of harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22871-worker-disputes-ail-grain-handlers-on-the-eve-of-harvest.md) | -0.2% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2022-03-03 | [Ocean rate spike could steer exports to US \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12925-ocean-rate-spike-could-steer-exports-to-us-world-grain.md) | -0.0% | +7.3% |
| CORN | 2017-11-03 | [Ukrainian grain exporters incur the highest costs in ports — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67885-ukrainian-grain-exporters-incur-the-highest-costs-in-ports-latifundist-com.md) | -5.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2026-01-21 | [IMC reduced corn exports due to attacks on ports \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14149-imc-reduced-corn-exports-due-to-attacks-on-ports-ukrainian-and-world-shipping.md) | +0.8% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- bbc.com: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61583492

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