# Russian Grain Exports Increase 26% from Last Year - Russia Business Today

> SovEcon reported Russian grain exports of 15.7 million tons for July to October, up 26% year on year, with 13.5 million tons of that being wheat. Black Sea FOB wheat rose to $229 per ton from $225, and Egypt bought 180,000 tons of Russian wheat in a tender.

- Date: 2018-10-09 · published 2018-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62392-russian-grain-exports-increase-26-from-last-year-russia-business-today
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Slower Russian shipments and firmer Black Sea offers have been lifting global wheat prices, and continued strong Russian demand supports the upward trend.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-01 | [Ukraine Benefits from Slow Start to Russia’s Wheat Exports - Russia Business Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56934-ukraine-benefits-from-slow-start-to-russia-s-wheat-exports-russia-business-today.md) | -2.3% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-28 | [Grain Export From Russia To Gear Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72348-grain-export-from-russia-to-gear-down.md) | +1.1% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-03 | [Grain export from Russia has lowered for the last week](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70863-grain-export-from-russia-has-lowered-for-the-last-week.md) | -2.1% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-25 | [Russian Grain Exports Slowed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62870-russian-grain-exports-slowed.md) | +1.8% | +8.0% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-06 | [Ukraine grain exports down at 26.4mn tonne so far in 2020/21 - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48984-ukraine-grain-exports-down-at-26-4mn-tonne-so-far-in-2020-21-markets-business.md) | +0.8% | -4.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-09-25 | [Russian Grain Exports Slowed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62870-russian-grain-exports-slowed.md) | -3.3% | -4.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-04-27 | [Russia to halt wheat exports \| 2020-04-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53497-russia-to-halt-wheat-exports-2020-04-27-world-grain.md) | +1.5% | -6.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-03-29 | [Wheat jumps after Russia says Cargill to stop grain exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5078-wheat-jumps-after-russia-says-cargill-to-stop-grain-exports.md) | 0.0% | -9.1% |

## Sources

- russiabusinesstoday.com: https://russiabusinesstoday.com/agriculture/russian-grain-exports-increase-26-from-last-year/

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