# Grain Journal | Fourth Quarter 2018 Wheat Transportation Costs…

> USDA data show Q4 2018 wheat shipping costs to Japan rose from Q3 and from a year earlier, with Kansas wheat at $96 per tonne and North Dakota at $101 per tonne through the Pacific Northwest. Higher ocean rates, rail costs and trucking demand drove the increases.

- Date: 2019-03-07 · published 2019-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60301-grain-journal-fourth-quarter-2018-wheat-transportation-costs
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight costs narrow the netback for US wheat exports to Japan, which can weaken export competitiveness and wheat prices at origin.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-03 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 3, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64904-grain-transportation-report-may-3-2018.md) | -3.3% | -1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 21, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60482-grain-transportation-report-february-21-2019.md) | -3.2% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-31 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 31, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56478-grain-transportation-report-october-31-2019.md) | -0.1% | +7.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-30 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 30, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54976-grain-transportation-report-january-30-2020.md) | -0.0% | +3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-26 | [Grain Transportation Report, September 26, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56993-grain-transportation-report-september-26-2019.md) | +0.9% | -0.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-11-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, November 4, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43962-grain-transportation-report-november-4-2021.md) | -0.9% | +8.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-05-13 | [USDA forecasts intense competition on wheat, corn - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53176-usda-forecasts-intense-competition-on-wheat-corn-grain-central.md) | -8.7% | -5.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-12-18 | [US wheat exports cut by 25 million bushels - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7513-us-wheat-exports-cut-by-25-million-bushels-high-plains-journal.md) | -3.7% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- grainjournal.com: https://www.grainjournal.com/article/164863/fourth-quarter-2018-wheat-transportation-costs-increase

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