# Grain shipment in Ukrainian seaports halved — Latifundist.com

> Grain shipments from Ukrainian seaports for April 13-19 totaled 598 thousand tons, down 52% week on week, according to APK-Inform. Corn shipments fell to 392 thousand tons and wheat to 207 thousand tons, with no barley shipped. China, Indonesia and Iran were the top three importers in the period.

- Date: 2019-04-23 · published 2019-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59438-grain-shipment-in-ukrainian-seaports-halved-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in weekly Black Sea port loadings tightens near-term export supply from Ukraine, a major corn and wheat exporter, which can support world corn and wheat prices and firm feed grain basis for importers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-03-26 | [Ukrainian seaports resumed barley shipments — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59944-ukrainian-seaports-resumed-barley-shipments-latifundist-com.md) | -3.7% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 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) | +4.2% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2018-08-21 | [Ukrainian seaports reduced grain exports by 86% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63388-ukrainian-seaports-reduced-grain-exports-by-86-latifundist-com.md) | -2.5% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2019-03-05 | [Grain shipment in ports decreased 30 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59948-grain-shipment-in-ports-decreased-30-pct-latifundist-com.md) | -2.2% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2019-03-11 | [Ukrainian ports reduced corn shipments 60 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59947-ukrainian-ports-reduced-corn-shipments-60-pct-latifundist-com.md) | +3.0% | +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% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-21 | [Ukrainian seaports reduced grain exports by 86% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63388-ukrainian-seaports-reduced-grain-exports-by-86-latifundist-com.md) | +0.5% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/44326-morporty-ukrainy-sokratili-otgruzki-zernovyh-v-dva-raza

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