# Ukrainian ports increased corn shipments in April

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 3.4 million tonnes of grain in April 2021, up 3.1% month on month. Corn exports rose 11.4% to 2.7 million tonnes, with China the main destination, while wheat was flat and barley fell sharply.

- Date: 2021-05-17 · published 2021-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46947-ukrainian-ports-increased-corn-shipments-in-april
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Steady Ukrainian corn loadings support Black Sea export availability, but the gain is modest and does not change the global balance much, so the price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-28 | [Ukrainian seaports boosted corn shipments 21 times — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63386-ukrainian-seaports-boosted-corn-shipments-21-times-latifundist-com.md) | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-02-19 | [Ukrainian seaports cut corn transshipment by 1.7 times in January](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48489-ukrainian-seaports-cut-corn-transshipment-by-1-7-times-in-january.md) | +0.6% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2021-03-16 | [Ukrainian seaports raised grain transshipment by 16% in February](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47992-ukrainian-seaports-raised-grain-transshipment-by-16-in-february.md) | +11.3% | +13.1% |
| CORN | 2021-01-14 | [Ukrainian seaports halved wheat transshipment in December](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48982-ukrainian-seaports-halved-wheat-transshipment-in-december.md) | +0.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2019-11-26 | [Seaports in Ukraine upheld grains shipment pace wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55915-seaports-in-ukraine-upheld-grains-shipment-pace-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | +0.9% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- apk-inform.com: https://www.apk-inform.com/en/news/1519729

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