# Chokepoint Blockade Exposes Supply Risk for Black Sea Grain | Feed & Grain

> Russia briefly blocked the Kerch Strait, the channel between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, after tensions with Ukraine flared. The passage has since reopened, but some traders are expected to reroute cargoes.

- Date: 2020-12-01 · published 2020-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49507-chokepoint-blockade-exposes-supply-risk-for-black-sea-grain-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Even a short blockade raises freight and delivery risk for Black Sea wheat and corn, which supports export prices and shows how exposed supply is to chokepoints.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-27 | [Chokepoint Blockade Exposes Supply Risk for Black Sea Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61952-chokepoint-blockade-exposes-supply-risk-for-black-sea-grain.md) | +1.5% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-01 | [War Throttles Black Sea Grain Exports, Threatening Food Supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14085-war-throttles-black-sea-grain-exports-threatening-food-supplies.md) | -2.9% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-25 | [Frost risk remains for Black Sea crops: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43080-frost-risk-remains-for-black-sea-crops-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -2.1% | -0.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-15 | [Unblocking the Black Sea for Ukrainian Grain \| RAND](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14481-unblocking-the-black-sea-for-ukrainian-grain-rand.md) | -2.3% | -13.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-18 | [Russia Blocks Ships Carrying Grain Exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14504-russia-blocks-ships-carrying-grain-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | +14.9% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [War Throttles Black Sea Grain Exports, Threatening Food Supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14085-war-throttles-black-sea-grain-exports-threatening-food-supplies.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2022-06-15 | [Unblocking the Black Sea for Ukrainian Grain \| RAND](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14481-unblocking-the-black-sea-for-ukrainian-grain-rand.md) | -1.6% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2022-03-18 | [Russia Blocks Ships Carrying Grain Exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14504-russia-blocks-ships-carrying-grain-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | +0.0% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/news/15396619/chokepoint-blockade-exposes-supply-risk-for-black-sea-grain

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