# Grain Highlights

> Saudi Arabia bought 720,000 tonnes of feed barley for January-February 2018 shipment at $211.15-219.42/t C&F. Ukrainian barley exports in October fell 21% year-on-year, and Russian Black Sea grain exports from Novorossiysk declined in the week of November 20-27.

- Date: 2017-11-28 · published 2017-11-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Saudi Arabia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68065-grain-highlights
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Large Saudi import demand and lower Black Sea and Ukrainian barley supplies support export prices for feed barley into early 2018.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-06 | [Grain Highlights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68321-grain-highlights.md) | +4.6% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-10 | [Grain Highlights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68576-grain-highlights.md) | +0.2% | -3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-26 | [China 2024 grain imports seen near record high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14766-china-2024-grain-imports-seen-near-record-high.md) | -1.8% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-30 | [Soybeans End Flat \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50179-soybeans-end-flat-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.9% | +8.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-27 | [Watch the grain markets this fall - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63075-watch-the-grain-markets-this-fall-grainews.md) | +2.4% | +8.1% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/13391

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