# Wheat export shipment halved — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 1.16 million tonnes of staple grains in the week of January 18 to 24, up 5% from the prior week. Wheat exports dropped 61% to 101,000 tonnes while corn rose 26% to 1.06 million tonnes, with Egypt, Turkey and the Netherlands the top importers.

- Date: 2020-01-28 · published 2020-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54923-wheat-export-shipment-halved-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The sharp wheat export drop reduces near-term Black Sea wheat supply, while the rise in corn shipments adds to export availability.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-05-13 | [Sea port wheat shipment boosted 23% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52975-sea-port-wheat-shipment-boosted-23-latifundist-com.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-04-23 | [Grain shipment in Ukrainian seaports halved — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59438-grain-shipment-in-ukrainian-seaports-halved-latifundist-com.md) | -4.2% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-30 | [Grain export 2020/21: wheat shipment under the MoU reached 68% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50013-grain-export-2020-21-wheat-shipment-under-the-mou-reached-68-latifundist-com.md) | -0.9% | +8.3% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 2020-05-19 | [Sea port corn shipment plunged 40% wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52974-sea-port-corn-shipment-plunged-40-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -0.5% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-11-26 | [Wheat shipment since the start of 2019/20 up 45% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55917-wheat-shipment-since-the-start-of-2019-20-up-45-latifundist-com.md) | +0.9% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/48311-eksport-pshenitsy-morportami-iz-ukrainy-prosel-pochti-v-2-raza

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