# Ukrainian seaports tripled grain exports in July

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 2.49 mln tonnes of grain in July 2020, up 32% from June. Wheat shipments rose sixfold to 1.3 mln tonnes and barley rose 7.4 times to 956 thousand tonnes, while corn fell nearly sevenfold to 224 thousand tonnes.

- Date: 2020-08-18 · published 2020-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51460-ukrainian-seaports-tripled-grain-exports-in-july
- 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

Stronger Ukrainian port flows of wheat and barley add to Black Sea export competition, which tends to weigh on global wheat and barley export prices. The corn decline reduces near-term Black Sea corn supply to world markets.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-17 | [Ukrainian seaports doubled grain exports in August](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50976-ukrainian-seaports-doubled-grain-exports-in-august.md) | -0.8% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-13 | [Ukrainian seaports decreased grain export by 25% in September](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50508-ukrainian-seaports-decreased-grain-export-by-25-in-september.md) | +1.8% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-19 | [Ukraine's July sea port grain exports intensified a third — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51465-ukraine-s-july-sea-port-grain-exports-intensified-a-third-latifundist-com.md) | +3.1% | +11.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-13 | [Export of grain from Ukrainian seaports boosted 40% in March — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65357-export-of-grain-from-ukrainian-seaports-boosted-40-in-march-latifundist-com.md) | +3.3% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-01-19 | [Ukraine exports 22.4 mln tonnes of grain since July 1](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66836-ukraine-exports-22-4-mln-tonnes-of-grain-since-july-1.md) | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2020-09-17 | [Ukrainian seaports doubled grain exports in August](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50976-ukrainian-seaports-doubled-grain-exports-in-august.md) | -0.3% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 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) | -1.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2021-01-20 | [Ukrainian seaports cut grain export by more than 6 mln tonnes in 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48981-ukrainian-seaports-cut-grain-export-by-more-than-6-mln-tonnes-in-2020.md) | +3.1% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- apk-inform.com: https://www.apk-inform.com/en/agencynews/1513485

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