# Strong demand from buyers strengthens the price for black sea wheat

> Black Sea wheat prices rose on active purchases from importers and now exceed French wheat values. Chicago wheat recovered from a prior-week fall on speculative buying, while Statistics Canada cut its wheat production estimate to 34.1 million tonnes.

- Date: 2020-09-15 · published 2020-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51154-strong-demand-from-buyers-strengthens-the-price-for-black-sea-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Strong Black Sea export demand lifts global wheat price floors and narrows the spread versus French origin, supporting feed wheat values for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-10 | [E-Malt.com News article: Russia: Barley and wheat export prices rise amid strong demand from buyers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68521-e-malt-com-news-article-russia-barley-and-wheat-export-prices-rise-amid-strong.md) | +0.2% | -3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-16 | [Asia Millers Buy More U.S. Wheat on Competitive Prices, Black Sea Delays](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8334-asia-millers-buy-more-u-s-wheat-on-competitive-prices-black-sea-delays.md) | +0.3% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-23 | [In the black: Asian flour mills turn to Black Sea region for wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64881-in-the-black-asian-flour-mills-turn-to-black-sea-region-for-wheat.md) | -0.0% | -2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-20 | [Strong demand for EU wheat going into the 2022/23 marketing year: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40542-strong-demand-for-eu-wheat-going-into-the-2022-23-marketing-year-grain-market.md) | -10.6% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-29 | [Wheat set for best monthly rise since April on strong demand, supply crunch \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44578-wheat-set-for-best-monthly-rise-since-april-on-strong-demand-supply-crunch.md) | +9.5% | +8.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-09-16 | [Asia Millers Buy More U.S. Wheat on Competitive Prices, Black Sea Delays](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8334-asia-millers-buy-more-u-s-wheat-on-competitive-prices-black-sea-delays.md) | -2.3% | -6.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-01-11 | [Sustained Demand for U.S. Wheat in a New Price Environment - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67015-sustained-demand-for-u-s-wheat-in-a-new-price-environment-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -2.5% | +7.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-10-29 | [CME : Wheat futures bounce from oversold levels on strong export demand. \| MarketScreener UAE Emirates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/2000-cme-wheat-futures-bounce-from-oversold-levels-on-strong-export-demand.md) | -2.3% | — |

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/aktivnij-popit-z-boku-pokuptciv-zmitcnyue-tcini-na-chornomorsku-pshenitcyu.html

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