# Wheat shipment in seaports up 7 pct — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 1.43 million tonnes of grain in the week of August 17-23, down 1% week on week. Wheat exports rose 7% to 1.16 million tonnes, while barley and corn shipments fell. Egypt, Turkey and Bangladesh were the top grain importers that week.

- Date: 2019-08-28 · published 2019-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57454-wheat-shipment-in-seaports-up-7-pct-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Steady Black Sea wheat shipments add supply to export markets, which weighs on world wheat prices and competes with US and EU origins for buyers in North Africa and the Middle East.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 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) | +8.3% | +4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-25 | [Ukraine's Feb 15-21 sea port wheat shipment up 1.7x wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54474-ukraine-s-feb-15-21-sea-port-wheat-shipment-up-1-7x-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -0.2% | -4.8% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -0.3% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-03 | [Staple grains shipment in seaports increased, wheat demonstrated the highest rate — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55437-staple-grains-shipment-in-seaports-increased-wheat-demonstrated-the-highest.md) | -4.1% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-22 | [Grain export 2021/22: commodities shipment 12% up — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44925-grain-export-2021-22-commodities-shipment-12-up-latifundist-com.md) | +1.2% | +9.3% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/45926-morporty-ukrainy-uvelichili-eksport-pshenitsy

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