# Ukrainian seaports boosted corn shipments 21 times — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 155 thousand tons of main grains during August 18-24, 2018, down 76% from the prior week's revised 652 thousand tons. Corn shipments rose to 63 thousand tons from 3 thousand, while wheat fell to 60 thousand tons and barley to 32 thousand tons. The IGC cut its 2018/19 world wheat production forecast to 716 million tons.

- Date: 2018-08-28 · published 2018-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63386-ukrainian-seaports-boosted-corn-shipments-21-times-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Sharply lower Ukrainian port loadings reduce near-term Black Sea export supply, supporting wheat and barley prices. The IGC wheat production cut adds to tighter global feed grain and wheat balances.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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) | -1.4% | -12.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-05-13 | [Sea port wheat shipment boosted 23% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52975-sea-port-wheat-shipment-boosted-23-latifundist-com.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 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) | +0.5% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-08 | [Wheat exports from Ukrainian seaports dropped 2x — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56435-wheat-exports-from-ukrainian-seaports-dropped-2x-latifundist-com.md) | +4.5% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2019-10-01 | [Corn shipment in seaports tripled within Sep 21–27 — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56434-corn-shipment-in-seaports-tripled-within-sep-21-27-latifundist-com.md) | +1.5% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2019-11-26 | [Seaports in Ukraine upheld grains shipment pace wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55915-seaports-in-ukraine-upheld-grains-shipment-pace-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | +0.9% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2021-02-19 | [Ukrainian seaports cut corn transshipment by 1.7 times in January](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48489-ukrainian-seaports-cut-corn-transshipment-by-1-7-times-in-january.md) | +0.6% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/41325-morporty-uvelichili-eksport-kukuruzy-v-21-raz

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