# Exclusive: Ukraine ready to ban wheat exports if necessary - official

> A Ukrainian official said Ukraine is ready to ban wheat exports if necessary. Ukraine has exported 18 million tonnes of wheat in 2019/20, leaving about 2 million tonnes for the rest of the season ending June 30.

- Date: 2020-04-15 · published 2020-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Black Sea · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53493-exclusive-ukraine-ready-to-ban-wheat-exports-if-necessary-official
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A Ukrainian wheat export ban would tighten Black Sea supply already constrained by Russian quotas, pushing global wheat prices higher and shifting demand toward other origins.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-20 | [Export ban on wheat & broken rice to continue, says government official - CNBC TV18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37757-export-ban-on-wheat-and-broken-rice-to-continue-says-government-official-cnbc.md) | -2.9% | +0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-24 | [Ban on wheat exports, curbs on rice shipments to stay](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35894-ban-on-wheat-exports-curbs-on-rice-shipments-to-stay.md) | -2.4% | -2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-25 | [EXCLUSIVE India has no immediate plan to lift wheat export ban, commerce minister says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41365-exclusive-india-has-no-immediate-plan-to-lift-wheat-export-ban-commerce.md) | -1.3% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-04 | [EU to cut Ukrainian wheat, sugar imports by 70-80% under new quotas \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14194-eu-to-cut-ukrainian-wheat-sugar-imports-by-70-80-under-new-quotas-reuters.md) | -3.4% | -5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-14 | [India says ban on wheat exports is to check unregulated trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41368-india-says-ban-on-wheat-exports-is-to-check-unregulated-trade-reuters.md) | +4.0% | -0.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-05-25 | [EXCLUSIVE India has no immediate plan to lift wheat export ban, commerce minister says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41365-exclusive-india-has-no-immediate-plan-to-lift-wheat-export-ban-commerce.md) | -8.8% | -18.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-05-14 | [India says ban on wheat exports is to check unregulated trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41368-india-says-ban-on-wheat-exports-is-to-check-unregulated-trade-reuters.md) | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-06-11 | [India tells WTO it won’t lift wheat export ban \| Today News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24151-india-tells-wto-it-won-t-lift-wheat-export-ban-today-news.md) | +3.9% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ukraine-grains-exc/exclusive-ukraine-ready-to-ban-wheat-exports-if-necessary-official-idUSKCN21X1CA/?feedName=businessNews&feedType=RSS

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