# Ukrainian seaports reduced grain transshipment by 10% in Jan-Aug — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian seaports handled about 23.54 million tonnes of grain in January-August 2018, down 9.54% year on year. Export shipments fell 11.44% to 22.52 million tonnes, while Mykolaiv rose and Odessa fell sharply.

- Date: 2018-09-17 · published 2018-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62871-ukrainian-seaports-reduced-grain-transshipment-by-10-in-jan-aug-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Ukrainian port throughput reduces Black Sea export availability, mildly supporting wheat and corn prices and shifting some demand to other origins.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-12 | [Ukrainian seaports reduced grain shipments by 5 pct wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60445-ukrainian-seaports-reduced-grain-shipments-by-5-pct-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -1.5% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-29 | [Ukrainian seaports quarter reduced grain shipment — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58943-ukrainian-seaports-quarter-reduced-grain-shipment-latifundist-com.md) | +9.6% | +15.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-06-17 | [Grain shipment in Ukrainian seaports dropped 40 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58445-grain-shipment-in-ukrainian-seaports-dropped-40-pct-latifundist-com.md) | -6.1% | -8.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-17 | [Seaports grain shipment halved within Sep 7–13 — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56932-seaports-grain-shipment-halved-within-sep-7-13-latifundist-com.md) | +2.4% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-03 | [Ukrainian grain exporters incur the highest costs in ports — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67885-ukrainian-grain-exporters-incur-the-highest-costs-in-ports-latifundist-com.md) | +0.1% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2019-02-12 | [Ukrainian seaports reduced grain shipments by 5 pct wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60445-ukrainian-seaports-reduced-grain-shipments-by-5-pct-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | +0.2% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2019-06-17 | [Grain shipment in Ukrainian seaports dropped 40 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58445-grain-shipment-in-ukrainian-seaports-dropped-40-pct-latifundist-com.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-09-17 | [Seaports grain shipment halved within Sep 7–13 — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56932-seaports-grain-shipment-halved-within-sep-7-13-latifundist-com.md) | +1.7% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/41592-morporty-za-8-mesyatsev-2018-g-sokratili-perevalku-zerna-na-10

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