# In April Ukrainian sea ports reduced export deliveries by 10% — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 3.1 million tonnes of main grain crops in April, 10% less than in March. Wheat exports rose 17% while corn and barley exports fell.

- Date: 2018-05-17 · published 2018-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64882-in-april-ukrainian-sea-ports-reduced-export-deliveries-by-10-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower monthly port shipments reduce near-term export supply from Ukraine, a major Black Sea exporter, which modestly supports prices for corn and wheat.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 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) | -2.5% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2019-03-11 | [Ukrainian ports reduced corn shipments 60 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59947-ukrainian-ports-reduced-corn-shipments-60-pct-latifundist-com.md) | +3.0% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-01-29 | [Ukraine's Jan 19-25 sea port grain exports down 29% wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60948-ukraine-s-jan-19-25-sea-port-grain-exports-down-29-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -0.4% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 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) | -1.8% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2020-08-19 | [Ukraine's July sea port grain exports intensified a third — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51465-ukraine-s-july-sea-port-grain-exports-intensified-a-third-latifundist-com.md) | +2.3% | +8.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-02 | [Ukraine's May 16-29 sea port grain exports halved — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52471-ukraine-s-may-16-29-sea-port-grain-exports-halved-latifundist-com.md) | +0.0% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-03-26 | [Export of grain from sea ports of Ukraine boosted by 65k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65857-export-of-grain-from-sea-ports-of-ukraine-boosted-by-65k-tons-latifundist-com.md) | +0.7% | +4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-28 | [Grain export from Ukrainian sea ports last week amounted to 595k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67832-grain-export-from-ukrainian-sea-ports-last-week-amounted-to-595k-tons.md) | +3.7% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/40030-morskie-porty-v-aprele-snizili-eksportnye-postavki-na-10

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