# Russia: in August 2018, the deep-sea ports to reduce grain exports — Rusagrotrans

> Russian deep-sea ports including Novorossiysk, Tuapse and Taman are expected to ship 1.82-1.92 million tons of grain in August 2018, lower than July and well below August 2017. Rusagrotrans expects total Russian grain exports of about 5 million tons in August and keeps its 2018/19 export forecast at 42 million tons.

- Date: 2018-08-30 · published 2018-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63390-russia-in-august-2018-the-deep-sea-ports-to-reduce-grain-exports-rusagrotrans
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Russian export activity reflects falling export prices and ample global supply, a bearish signal for wheat and barley prices in export markets.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-18 | [Ukraine reduces the rate of grain exports, as Russia is stepping up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62390-ukraine-reduces-the-rate-of-grain-exports-as-russia-is-stepping-up.md) | +0.3% | -3.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-17 | [Ukrainian seaports doubled grain exports in August](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50976-ukrainian-seaports-doubled-grain-exports-in-august.md) | -0.8% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-26 | [Russia to export record high grains volume in September](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51461-russia-to-export-record-high-grains-volume-in-september.md) | -1.7% | +7.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-24 | [Russian grain exports forecast to rise \| 2019-05-24  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58944-russian-grain-exports-forecast-to-rise-2019-05-24-world-grain.md) | -12.2% | -6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-16 | [Russian grain shipments grow as seaborne trade dominates exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14143-russian-grain-shipments-grow-as-seaborne-trade-dominates-exports.md) | -0.5% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- apk-inform.com: https://www.apk-inform.com/en/news/1100693

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