# Corn shipments in Ukrainian ports dropped by a quarter — Latifundist.com

> Corn shipments from Ukrainian seaports fell to 592 thousand tons for April 6-12, down 26% week on week. Total grain shipments were 777 thousand tons, 20% below the same week of 2018, with wheat down 10% to 156 thousand tons. Iran, China and Egypt were the top importers.

- Date: 2019-04-16 · published 2019-04-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59440-corn-shipments-in-ukrainian-ports-dropped-by-a-quarter-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker Ukrainian port loadings reduce near-term corn and wheat export availability from the Black Sea, a modest support for global corn and wheat prices and for feed grain import costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| CORN | 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) | -2.3% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 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) | -1.2% | -2.8% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 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 | 2019-04-02 | [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% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/44238-otgruzki-kukuruzy-morportami-ukrainy-snizilis-bolee-chem-na-25

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