# Russia grain exports up year on year | World-grain.com | April 03, 2018 14:03 | World Grain

> Russian grain exports in the 2017-18 marketing year reached 39.17 million tonnes, nearly 40% higher year on year. Wheat exports rose 41% to 30.61 million tonnes and barley exports nearly doubled.

- Date: 2018-04-03 · published 2018-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Russia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65358-russia-grain-exports-up-year-on-year-world-grain-com-april-03-2018-14-03-world
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Large Russian export volumes increase global wheat and barley supply, which tends to weigh on world prices and gives feed buyers cheaper alternatives to corn.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-01-22 | [Ukraine grain exports rise \| 2019-01-22  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60946-ukraine-grain-exports-rise-2019-01-22-world-grain.md) | -0.0% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2016-11-21 | [Black Sea exports a burgeoning threat \| World-grain.com \| November 21, 2016 15:25 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73782-black-sea-exports-a-burgeoning-threat-world-grain-com-november-21-2016-15-25.md) | -4.7% | -1.5% |
| 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 | 2018-02-26 | [Tops in Wheat, Russia Moves Up as a Feed Grain Exporter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66356-tops-in-wheat-russia-moves-up-as-a-feed-grain-exporter.md) | +1.4% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/9625-russia-grain-exports-up-year-on-year

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