# News from Russia and Ukraine

> Ukrainian seaports shipped 0.43 million tons of grain between March 18 and 24, down from 1.16 million the prior week. Russian ports exported 561,600 tons in the week to March 23, and Russia's season-to-date grain exports reached 26.88 million tons, 1.8% behind the prior year.

- Date: 2017-03-28 · published 2017-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71837-news-from-russia-and-ukraine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Slower weekly Black Sea shipments and a slightly lagging Russian export pace point to modestly tighter near-term supply from the region, supportive for wheat and corn export prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-04 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71361-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +0.2% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-25 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71358-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +3.6% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-27 | [Grain shipments from Russia and Ukraine have halved \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14182-grain-shipments-from-russia-and-ukraine-have-halved-world-ports-organization.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-28 | [Grain Export From Russia To Gear Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72348-grain-export-from-russia-to-gear-down.md) | +1.1% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-01 | [Ukraine Benefits from Slow Start to Russia’s Wheat Exports - Russia Business Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56934-ukraine-benefits-from-slow-start-to-russia-s-wheat-exports-russia-business-today.md) | -2.3% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-04-25 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71358-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +2.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2017-04-04 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71361-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2025-08-27 | [Grain shipments from Russia and Ukraine have halved \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14182-grain-shipments-from-russia-and-ukraine-have-halved-world-ports-organization.md) | +3.6% | +8.1% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12361

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