# Sea port corn shipment plunged 40% wk/wk — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian sea ports shipped 883 thousand tonnes of grain in the week of May 9-15, down 17% week on week. Corn shipments fell 41% to 438 thousand tonnes, while wheat rose 42% to 413 thousand tonnes. Turkey, China and Indonesia were the top importers.

- Date: 2020-05-19 · published 2020-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52974-sea-port-corn-shipment-plunged-40-wk-wk-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Black Sea corn exports leaves more supply in Ukraine and tightens the export pipeline, which is mildly bearish for corn export prices. The effect is limited because the weekly swing is small against the season's total volumes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-01-28 | [Wheat export shipment halved — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54923-wheat-export-shipment-halved-latifundist-com.md) | -0.8% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2019-11-19 | [Grain shipment in seaports intensified 40 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55916-grain-shipment-in-seaports-intensified-40-pct-latifundist-com.md) | +0.6% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2020-04-07 | [Sea port wheat exports halved wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53499-sea-port-wheat-exports-halved-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -4.0% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2018-10-09 | [Grain transshipment in seaports up 25% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62389-grain-transshipment-in-seaports-up-25-latifundist-com.md) | +4.1% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2019-12-06 | [Grain export 2019/20: corn shipment 2 mln t higher YoY — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55435-grain-export-2019-20-corn-shipment-2-mln-t-higher-yoy-latifundist-com.md) | -2.3% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/50137-eksport-kukuruzy-morportami-ukrainy-prosel-bolee-chem-na-40

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