# Sea port wheat shipment boosted 23% — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian sea ports handled 984 thousand tonnes of grain in the week of May 2-8, down 10% week on week. Wheat shipments rose 23% to 351 thousand tonnes, while corn fell 18% and barley halved. China, Egypt and Vietnam were the top importers.

- Date: 2020-05-13 · published 2020-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52975-sea-port-wheat-shipment-boosted-23-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger wheat shipments draw supply from the Black Sea and support export pricing for wheat. The weekly move is modest, so the impact on world prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Wheat export shipment halved — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54923-wheat-export-shipment-halved-latifundist-com.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-04-02 | [Wheat shipments in seaports dropped 59 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59441-wheat-shipments-in-seaports-dropped-59-pct-latifundist-com.md) | +3.6% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-28 | [Ukrainian seaports boosted corn shipments 21 times — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63386-ukrainian-seaports-boosted-corn-shipments-21-times-latifundist-com.md) | +6.2% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-16 | [Grain shipment in seaports pared down by 23 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55436-grain-shipment-in-seaports-pared-down-by-23-pct-latifundist-com.md) | +2.0% | +4.8% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/50037-ukraina-snizila-eksport-pshenitsy-morportami-na-23

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