# Ukrainian ports reduced corn shipments 60 pct — Latifundist.com

> Corn shipments from Ukrainian seaports fell 60% week on week to 467 thousand tons for March 2-7. Total main grain exports were 593 thousand tons, down 54%, and barley was not shipped. Iran, Egypt and Portugal were the top importers.

- Date: 2019-03-11 · published 2019-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59947-ukrainian-ports-reduced-corn-shipments-60-pct-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Ukrainian port corn exports tightens export availability in the short term, which is mildly bullish for corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: 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 | 2019-04-16 | [Corn shipments in Ukrainian ports dropped by a quarter — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59440-corn-shipments-in-ukrainian-ports-dropped-by-a-quarter-latifundist-com.md) | -1.8% | -1.9% |
| 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 | 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% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/43784-otgruzki-kukuruzy-morportami-sokratilis-na-60

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