# Russian Port Grain Exports Drop 50 Percent in Q3

> The Russian Ministry of Agriculture said grain shipments from its seaports fell about 50 percent in the third quarter, to 11.2 million tonnes from 24.2 million a year earlier. Wheat exports were 7.8 million tonnes, a 2.4-fold decline, while barley fell to 1.4 million tonnes and corn to 912,000 tonnes.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T00:17:44.424Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78677-russian-port-grain-exports-drop-50-percent-in-q3
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Russian port shipments tightens global wheat export availability and supports world wheat prices, with Black Sea disruption a key supply risk for feed grain buyers. Recent Russian export flows are already weighing on Chicago wheat, so this reinforces the bullish supply picture.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-25 | [Russian Grain Exports Slowed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62870-russian-grain-exports-slowed.md) | +1.8% | +8.0% |
| 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 | 2025-10-14 | [Russia’s seaborne grain exports fell 10 per cent year-on-year in September, data shows - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14168-russia-s-seaborne-grain-exports-fell-10-per-cent-year-on-year-in-september-data.md) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-09 | [Russian Grain Exports Increase 26% from Last Year - Russia Business Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62392-russian-grain-exports-increase-26-from-last-year-russia-business-today.md) | +8.3% | +4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-27 | [Russia to halt wheat exports \| 2020-04-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53497-russia-to-halt-wheat-exports-2020-04-27-world-grain.md) | -0.5% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2020-09-17 | [Ukrainian seaports doubled grain exports in August](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50976-ukrainian-seaports-doubled-grain-exports-in-august.md) | -0.3% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2020-08-18 | [Ukrainian seaports tripled grain exports in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51460-ukrainian-seaports-tripled-grain-exports-in-july.md) | -0.0% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2020-07-20 | [Ukrainian seaports almost halved grain exports in June](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51986-ukrainian-seaports-almost-halved-grain-exports-in-june.md) | -1.2% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- petra.gov.jo: https://petra.gov.jo/en/news/russian-port-grain-exports-drop-50-percent-in-q3

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