Articles By Yana Sukharska

Ukraine exported 1.21 million tonnes of grains in the week ending Thursday February 20, marking a 116% increase of 648,000 tonnes compared with the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday.

The EU imported a total of 150,549 tonnes of soybeans in the week ended Sunday February 16, bringing the total imports for the marketing year to 8.62 million tonnes, an 11% year-on-year increase, according to preliminary data from the European Commission.

Ukraine exported 558,000 tonnes of grains in the week ending Thursday February 13, marking a decrease of 367,000 tonnes (40%) from the prior week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday.

Russia’s wheat exports from Black Sea ports remained subdued in the week ending Thursday February 13, reaching 365,211 tonnes, which is in line with last week's shipments, according to Fastmarkets analytics data published on Friday.

Russia’s wheat exports from Black Sea ports remained slow in the week ended February 7, totaling 363,596 tonnes, according to Fastmarkets analytics data released on Monday February 10.

Australian wheat exports surged nearly fourfold in December, reaching 2.15 million tonnes, compared with 576,882 tonnes in November. This also represented a 56% increase from the 1.38 million tonnes exported in the same month of 2023, according to monthly data released on Friday February 7 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Ukraine exported 925,000 tonnes of grains during the week to February 6, representing an increase of 160,000 tonnes, or 21%, from the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday February 7.

The United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index (FFPI) for January fell by 2.1 points, or 1.6%, to 124.9, down from its revised December level of 127.0, with declines in vegetable oils more than offsetting increases in cereals, the FAO announced on Friday, February 7.

Ukrainian exports of sunflower oil and soybeans increased in the week ending February 5, while sunflower meal exports declined, according to data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy released on Thursday February 6.

Ukraine exported 765,000 tonnes of grains during the week ended Thursday January 30, marking a 32% decrease (360,000 tonnes) compared with the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday January 31.

Russia’s wheat export volumes from Black Sea ports remained sluggish at 923,732 tonnes during the two-week reporting period of January 18-31, Fastmarkets analytics data showed on Friday January 31.

Ukraine exported 1.13 million tonnes of grains during the week ended January 23, up by 213,000 tonnes, or 23%, from the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday January 24.

Canada’s grain and oilseed exports totaled 906,000 tonnes during the week to January 19, a decrease of 262,500 tonnes, or 22%, from 1.17 million tonnes the previous week, according to data from the Canadian Grain Commission published on Friday January 24.

Russia’s wheat export volumes from Black Sea ports totaled 2.18 million tonnes during the month-long reporting period from December 19 to January 20, indicating an average weekly export volume of approximately 544,719 tonnes, data from Fastmarkets’ research team showed on Tuesday January 21.

Ukraine exported 912,000 tonnes of grains during the week ended Thursday January 16, up by 152,000 tonnes, or 20%, from the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday January 17.

With the 2024/25 marketing year at its halfway mark, grain exports from Ukraine continue to surprise even as the country faces the prospect of entering its a third year since Russia began its brutal, full-scale invasion in February 2022.

The United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index (FFPI) for December decreased by 0.5%, or 0.6 points, month on month in December from November’s 127.6 points, the FAO reported on Friday January 3.

Ukrainian exports of sunflower oil and sunflower meal declined during the week to January 1, while soybean and rapeseed exports increased, according to data released by Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy on Thursday January 2.

The end of the 2024 calendar year means that, for the world’s biggest wheat exporter Russia, the 2024/25 marketing year is now almost halfway through and some big shifts in Russian export dynamics are already becoming obvious, Fastmarkets analysis of Russian export data shows.

Global trade for agricultural products through tenders had a significant downturn in 2024, with total volumes falling drastically compared with 2023. The year was marked by economic challenges, geopolitical instability and shifting procurement strategies, which drove tender activity across wheat, corn and barley to new lows.