# Ukrainian seaports halved wheat transshipment in December

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 4.07 million tonnes of grain in December 2020, down 17.7% from the prior month. Wheat shipments fell 2.3 times to 0.5 million tonnes and barley fell 5.7 times to 47 thousand tonnes, while corn held at 3.5 million tonnes.

- Date: 2021-01-14 · published 2021-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48982-ukrainian-seaports-halved-wheat-transshipment-in-december
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Ukrainian wheat and barley shipments signals tighter Black Sea export availability, supporting nearby prices for these grains.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-04-23 | [Grain shipment in Ukrainian seaports halved — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59438-grain-shipment-in-ukrainian-seaports-halved-latifundist-com.md) | -4.2% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-16 | [Ukrainian seaports transshipped 4 mln tonnes of corn in November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14521-ukrainian-seaports-transshipped-4-mln-tonnes-of-corn-in-november.md) | +5.2% | +7.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-20 | [Ukrainian seaports almost halved grain exports in June](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51986-ukrainian-seaports-almost-halved-grain-exports-in-june.md) | +0.7% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-15 | [Ukrainian ports cut grain transshipments by 1 mln tonnes in June](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45907-ukrainian-ports-cut-grain-transshipments-by-1-mln-tonnes-in-june.md) | +1.3% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-08 | [Wheat exports from Ukrainian seaports dropped 2x — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56435-wheat-exports-from-ukrainian-seaports-dropped-2x-latifundist-com.md) | +4.5% | +2.1% |
| 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 | 2021-02-19 | [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 | 2021-05-17 | [Ukrainian ports increased corn shipments in April](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46947-ukrainian-ports-increased-corn-shipments-in-april.md) | -1.7% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- apk-inform.com: https://www.apk-inform.com/en/news/1517088

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