# Pavlo Koval: Nearly 90% of Ukraine's Agricultural Exports Depend on Maritime Shipping, While Alternative Routes Cannot Fully Compensate | Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation

> Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation Director General Pavlo Koval said nearly 90% of Ukraine's agricultural exports depend on maritime shipping. Foreign vessels have suspended calls at Ukrainian ports after Russian attacks on port infrastructure and ships. Domestic wheat is selling from the field at about UAH 6,000 per tonne, while international prices have risen.

- Date: 2020-07-09 · published 2020-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51991-pavlo-koval-nearly-90-of-ukraine-s-agricultural-exports-depend-on-maritime
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled port calls restrict Ukraine's exports of the new harvest, keeping international wheat and corn prices firm while domestic prices fall.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-09 | [Ukraine Railway Seeks New Grain Routes as Russia Strikes Ports \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52138-ukraine-railway-seeks-new-grain-routes-as-russia-strikes-ports-ukrainian.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-09 | [Ukrainian farmers and grain exports hit hard by Russian blockade of Black Sea ports \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51987-ukrainian-farmers-and-grain-exports-hit-hard-by-russian-blockade-of-black-sea.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-09 | [Even China Will Feel the Impact: Suspension of Ukrainian Grain Exports Threatens Global Food Security — Leonid Kozachenko \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51992-even-china-will-feel-the-impact-suspension-of-ukrainian-grain-exports-threatens.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-09 | [Russia to intensify attacks on ships to block Ukraine’s grain corridor – Zelenskyy \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51989-russia-to-intensify-attacks-on-ships-to-block-ukraine-s-grain-corridor.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-19 | [Strikes on Odesa region ports slow down shipments and increase logistics costs for grain producers \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21509-strikes-on-odesa-region-ports-slow-down-shipments-and-increase-logistics-costs.md) | +0.9% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2020-07-09 | [Ukraine Railway Seeks New Grain Routes as Russia Strikes Ports \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52138-ukraine-railway-seeks-new-grain-routes-as-russia-strikes-ports-ukrainian.md) | -5.2% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2020-07-09 | [Ukrainian farmers and grain exports hit hard by Russian blockade of Black Sea ports \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51987-ukrainian-farmers-and-grain-exports-hit-hard-by-russian-blockade-of-black-sea.md) | -5.2% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2020-07-09 | [Even China Will Feel the Impact: Suspension of Ukrainian Grain Exports Threatens Global Food Security — Leonid Kozachenko \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51992-even-china-will-feel-the-impact-suspension-of-ukrainian-grain-exports-threatens.md) | -5.2% | -6.9% |

## Sources

- agroconf.org: https://agroconf.org/en/content/pavlo-koval-nearly-90-ukraines-agricultural-exports-depend-maritime-shipping-while

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