# Ukraine and Russia in August exported 2.8 million tons of wheat to Asia — Latifundist.com

> Ukraine and Russia exported a record 2.76 million tonnes of wheat to Asia in August 2017, over 40% of their total exports. Ukraine had shipped 7.77 million tonnes of grain since the start of the 2017/18 marketing year, slightly below last year.

- Date: 2017-09-15 · published 2017-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68817-ukraine-and-russia-in-august-exported-2-8-million-tons-of-wheat-to-asia
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Record Black Sea wheat flows into Asia point to strong export competition and ample supply, which is bearish for world wheat prices. Asian buyers are also favoring cheaper origin wheat.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-27 | [Russia could still export 4-5 million tons of wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60447-russia-could-still-export-4-5-million-tons-of-wheat.md) | +1.3% | +5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-24 | [Grain export 2018/19: shipment topped 45 million tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58946-grain-export-2018-19-shipment-topped-45-million-tons-latifundist-com.md) | -12.2% | -6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-19 | [The Russian Federation exported almost 4 million tons of food wheat from the ports of AChB in December](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48980-the-russian-federation-exported-almost-4-million-tons-of-food-wheat-from-the.md) | +3.5% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-13 | [Export of grain from Ukrainian seaports boosted 40% in March — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65357-export-of-grain-from-ukrainian-seaports-boosted-40-in-march-latifundist-com.md) | +3.3% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 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) | +0.6% | +2.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2019-02-27 | [Russia could still export 4-5 million tons of wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60447-russia-could-still-export-4-5-million-tons-of-wheat.md) | +1.9% | +1.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-06-19 | [Russia 2017/18 wheat exports seen at record, Ukraine down 18% – Customs Today Newspaper](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70335-russia-2017-18-wheat-exports-seen-at-record-ukraine-down-18-customs-today.md) | -2.0% | +7.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-12-06 | [Ukraine. 55% of memo wheat exports were shipped in July-Nov 2024/25](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14248-ukraine-55-of-memo-wheat-exports-were-shipped-in-july-nov-2024-25.md) | +1.9% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/37101-ukraina-i-rf-v-avguste-eksportirovali-28-mln-t-pshenitsy-v-aziyu

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