# Export of wheat from seaports decreased 28% — Latifundist.com

> Ukrainian sea ports shipped 154 thousand tons of wheat from March 10 to 16, down 28% week on week. Corn exports rose 19% to 572 thousand tons, and barley shipments were zero. Egypt and China were the top importers of Ukrainian grain that week.

- Date: 2018-03-20 · published 2018-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65860-export-of-wheat-from-seaports-decreased-28-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Ukrainian wheat exports reduces near-term Black Sea wheat supply and is supportive for wheat prices. Strong corn exports continue to add feed grain supply to importers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-07 | [Sea port wheat exports halved wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53499-sea-port-wheat-exports-halved-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-05 | [Last week export of grains from sea ports decreased to 500 thousand tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67333-last-week-export-of-grains-from-sea-ports-decreased-to-500-thousand-tons.md) | -4.7% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Wheat export shipment halved — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54923-wheat-export-shipment-halved-latifundist-com.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-14 | [Grain export by seaports down 6 pct — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54926-grain-export-by-seaports-down-6-pct-latifundist-com.md) | -0.1% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2018-02-06 | [Last week export of grains from sea ports increased to 672k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66361-last-week-export-of-grains-from-sea-ports-increased-to-672k-tons-latifundist-com.md) | +1.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 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) | +3.8% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2018-05-05 | [Export of grains from Ukraine exceeded 35 MT — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64883-export-of-grains-from-ukraine-exceeded-35-mt-latifundist-com.md) | +0.2% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/39302-eksport-pshenitsy-iz-morportov-na-proshloj-nedele-umenshilsya-na-28

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