# Turkey reels in Ukrainian corn on rising freight costs from Russia – media

> A cargo of 15,000 mt of Ukrainian corn traded at $177/mt CIF Marmara for December loading, below recent Russian-origin trades at $178-180/mt. Black Sea coaster vessel shortages pushed freight from Russia to Marmara to $44/mt.

- Date: 2017-10-31 · published 2017-10-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68318-turkey-reels-in-ukrainian-corn-on-rising-freight-costs-from-russia-media
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight costs are shifting Turkish corn buying toward Ukraine, which supports Ukrainian corn export demand and firms CIF corn prices into Turkey. Freight is the main driver of the price spread between origins.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-27 | [Grain freight rates from Ukrainian Danube ports to Egypt rise by $10/t in one week](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17247-grain-freight-rates-from-ukrainian-danube-ports-to-egypt-rise-by-10-t-in-one.md) | +0.0% | — |
| CORN | 2025-03-03 | [Freight rates for grain exports from Ukraine have increased \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25783-freight-rates-for-grain-exports-from-ukraine-have-increased-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -0.2% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2024-03-25 | [Freight rates for the transportation of grain from Ukrainian ports have increased \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31096-freight-rates-for-the-transportation-of-grain-from-ukrainian-ports-have.md) | -4.9% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2022-10-24 | [Freight rates in the Azov-Black Sea region are increasing \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39033-freight-rates-in-the-azov-black-sea-region-are-increasing-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -1.1% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-07-29 | [Freight rates in the Azov-Black Sea region are increasing \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34952-freight-rates-in-the-azov-black-sea-region-are-increasing-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -11.7% | -13.2% |

## Sources

- unian.info: https://www.unian.info/economics/2218399-turkey-reels-in-ukrainian-corn-on-rising-freight-costs-from-russia-media.html

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