The Joint Coordinating Center (JCC) has authorized the movement of more than 400 vessels during its work within the framework of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the UN reported.
“As of September 23, the total tonnage of grain and other agricultural products exported from three Ukrainian ports is 4,556,311 tons. In total, 420 ships have been allowed to move at the moment – 217 for arrival in Ukrainian ports and 203 for leaving them,” – the message says.
It is noted that on September 23, 12 ships with more than 200 thousand tons of food left Ukrainian ports after receiving permission from the SKC.
The UN explained that five ships – Zeko Y (8.2 thousand tons of wheat), Olma (5150 tons of soybeans), Merry M (4450 tons of sunflower meal), Gudena (3860 tons of sunflower oil), Nil Demir (3, 7 thousand tons of peas) – went to Turkey.
In addition, the Sea Dove (33 thousand tons of corn) and Lady Ayana (27 thousand tons of corn) ships sailed for Italy, the Fortuna dry cargo ship (10,252 tons of sunflower meal) – for France, the Gem Star ship (31,039 tons of corn) – to the Netherlands.
Dry cargo ship Mo Gan Shan (57,311 tons of wheat) was poisoned in Bangladesh, the ship Mavka (11,950 tons of sunflower oil) – in Romania, Tzarevich (10 thousand tons of sunflower meal) – in Bulgaria.
On July 22, in Istanbul, with the participation of the UN, Ukraine, Turkey and Russia, a document was signed on the creation of a corridor for the export of grain from three Ukrainian ports – Chornomorsk, Odessa and Pivdenny.
Since the beginning of the 2022/2023 marketing year (MY, July-June), Ukraine has exported 5.29 million tons of grain crops, including 3.17 million tons of corn (60% of total supplies), 1.65 million tons of wheat (31%) and 447 thousand tons of barley (8%).
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, since the beginning of the current marketing year, the rate of grain exports has been 1.94 times lower than the same period last year (10.29 million tons were exported from July 1 to September 9, 2021).
At the same time, according to the agency, from August 31 to September 9, 1.33 million tons of grain crops were delivered to foreign markets (147.8 thousand tons daily), while for the previous period, August 26-31 – 550 thousand tons grain crops (110 thousand tons daily), on August 19-26 – 430 thousand tons of grain crops (61.4 thousand tons daily), and on August 11-19 – 770 thousand tons (96.2 thousand tons daily ). Thus, the average daily export rates over the past nine days increased by a third compared to the previous period and reached the maximum value since the beginning of the MY.
In general, from the beginning of 2022/2023 MY and until September 9, 2022, Ukraine exported 1.65 million tons of wheat (3.6 times less compared to the same date in 2021/2022 MY), 447 thousand tons of barley (6.7 times less), 0.8 thousand tons of rye (18 times less) and 15.6 thousand tons of flour (1.7 times less). However, the pace of corn exports exceeded last year’s volumes – 3.17 million tons were exported, which is 2.37 times higher than in 2021/2022 MY.
In total, for the period August 31-September 9, 680 thousand tons of corn, 510 thousand tons of wheat, 137 thousand tons of barley, 0.3 thousand tons of rye and 3.7 thousand tons of flour were delivered to foreign markets.
As reported, in MY 2021/2022, Ukraine exported 48.51 million tons of grains and legumes, which is 8.4% higher than in the previous marketing year, despite the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation and difficulties with the export of agricultural products due to the blockade of Ukrainian seaports. 18.74 million tons of wheat were delivered to foreign markets (12.6% more than in 2020/2021MY), 23.54 million tons of corn (+1.9%), 5.75 million tons of barley (+35.9%) , 70.9 thousand tons of flour (-44.1%).
In 2020/2021 MY, the country exported 44.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops: 16.64 million tons of wheat, 23.08 million tons of corn, 4.23 million tons of barley, 126.9 thousand tons of flour and 18.4 thousand . tons of rye.
In 2019/2020 MY, Ukraine exported 56.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.
The vessel Lady Zehma with grain from Ukraine was refloated in the Bosphorus Strait, the local publication Maritime Executive reports.
According to reports, after a 173-meter dry cargo ship with 3,000 tons of Ukrainian corn got stuck in the strait, rescue tugs were sent to help, which “quickly launched it into the water.”
“As of Thursday evening, the ship was moving at a slow pace, accompanied by several tugboats,” the publication said.
On August 30, the UN reported that the Joint Coordinating Center (JCC) had given permission for six ships, including the Lady Zehma ship carrying 3,000 tons of corn, to leave Ukrainian ports on Tuesday as part of an Istanbul food deal.
On July 22, in Istanbul, with the participation of the UN, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, two documents were signed on the creation of a corridor for the export of grain from three Ukrainian ports – Chernomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhny.
JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) in August 2022 exported a record 1.6 million tons of grain cargo since the beginning of Russian aggression, which is 1.74 times higher than in July (917 thousand tons), this growth was achieved thanks to the unblocking three Ukrainian seaports within the framework of the Istanbul grain agreements.
At the same time, 805,000 tons of grain were transported through land border crossings on the western border last month (in July – 716,000 tons), and 795,000 tons (190,000 tons) were delivered to ports, such data were announced by the Deputy Director of the Department of Commercial Work UZ Valery Tkachev during an online meeting with industry participants on Thursday.
According to him, in August, Ukrzaliznytsia loaded a total of 1.74 million tons of grain cargo into wagons, which is 18.7% of the total loaded volume of 9.28 million tons, and transported a total of 2.08 million tons of grain.
According to him, in August this year, the average daily loading of UZ wagons amounted to 56,000 tons. In early August, this figure varied between 24-40 thousand tons, but with the start of full-fledged operation of the grain corridor under the Istanbul agreements, loading increased to 50-80 thousand tons / day.
“We even have a record for the average daily loading of grain on August 31 – 91.53 thousand tons. I see that we will soon reach the threshold of an average daily loading of 100 thousand tons / day, and I hope that this will be already in September. In general, I see a very positive trend in the transportation of grain cargo,” the Deputy Director emphasized during the meeting.
In August, Ukrzaliznytsia also exported 107.9 thousand tons of sunflower oil, as well as 148.7 thousand tons of all kinds of meal, through land border crossings and ports.
The Deputy Director clarified that over the specified period, the average daily handling of wagons of all types at border crossings dipped slightly – to 1.848 thousand wagons from 1.86 thousand wagons in early August (by 15 wagons per day), however, the transfer of wagons for grain cargo increased by 18 % (+71 wagon/day) – up to 469 grain wagons per day against 398 units. in July.
The UZ representative clarified that by September 1, the total queue of wagons of all nomenclatures at the border had decreased by 21% (or 6.53 thousand wagons) compared to August 1, to 25.12 thousand units. from 31.5 thousand units. At the same time, by the indicated date, 8.48 thousand wagons with grain were in the queue (-15% or 1.5 thousand wagons by August 1), 433 wagons with vegetable oil (half as much) and 605 wagons with meal of all types (- 24%).
“This result was achieved because Ukrzaliznytsia took measures to improve the planning system. Let me remind you that this is the result of the fact that we began to coordinate loading plans according to the algorithm, guided by the delivery indicators for the previous month and taking into account the presence of queues. We are also working with carriers so that they do not inflate the plan, and we confirm only the volume that they are actually ready to take from them at the junction,” Tkachev summed up.
Since the beginning of the 2022/2023 marketing year (MY, July-June), Ukraine has exported 3.96 million tonnes of grain crops, including 2.49 million tonnes of corn (63% of total supplies), 1.14 million tonnes of wheat (29%) and 310,000 tonnes of barley (12%).
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Wednesday, since the beginning of the current marketing year, the rate of grain exports has been 2.17 times lower than in the same period last year (in July 1-August 31, 2021, some 8.6 million tonnes were exported).
At the same time, according to the ministry, for the period of August 26-31, some 550,000 tonnes of grain crops were supplied to foreign markets (110,000 tonnes daily), while for the previous period, August 19-26, – 430,000 tonnes of grain crops (61,400 tonnes daily), on August 11-19 – 770,000 tonnes (96,200 tonnes daily), and on August 5-11 – 340,000 tonnes of grain crops (48,600 tonnes daily). Thus, the average daily export rates for the past reporting period increased by 1.8 times compared to the previous period.
In general, from the beginning of MY 2022/2023 to August 31, 2022, Ukraine exported 1.14 million tonnes of wheat (four times less compared to the same date in MY 2021/2022), 310,000 tonnes of barley (8.9 times less) , 500 tonnes of rye (25 times less) and 11,900 tonnes of flour (two times less).
In total, 310,000 tonnes of corn, 202,000 tonnes of wheat, 36,000 tonnes of barley, 100 tonnes of rye and 1,800 tonnes of flour were delivered to foreign markets for the period of August 26-31.
Since the beginning of the 2022/2023 marketing year (MY, July-June), Ukraine has exported 3.41 million tons of grain crops, including 2.18 million tons of corn (64% of total supplies), 937 thousand tons of wheat (27.5% ) and 274 thousand tons of barley (8%).
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, since the beginning of the current MY, the rate of grain exports has been 2.06 times lower than the same period last year (7.0 million tons were exported from July 1 to August 26, 2021).
At the same time, according to the agency, for the period of August 19-26, 430 thousand tons of grain crops were delivered to foreign markets (61.4 thousand tons daily), while for the previous period of August 11-19 – 770 thousand tons (96 .2 thousand tons daily), for August 5-11 – 340 thousand tons of grain crops (48.6 thousand tons daily), and for July 27-August 5 – 640 thousand tons of grain crops (71.1 thousand tons). tons per day). Thus, the average daily export rates over the past week decreased by 36.1% compared to the previous period.
In general, from the beginning of 2022/2023 MY and until August 26, 2022, Ukraine exported 937 thousand tons of wheat (3.6 times less compared to the same date in 2021/2022 MY), 274 thousand tons of barley (8.7 times less) and 10.1 thousand tons of flour (half as much).
However, the pace of corn exports exceeded last year’s volumes – 2.18 million tons were exported, which is 1.8 times more than in 2021/2022 MY. In addition, this week Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of 2022/2023 MY exported rye, 400 tons of this crop were sent to foreign markets. In total for the week of August 19-26, 240 thousand tons of corn, 154 thousand tons of wheat, 17 thousand tons of barley and 2.7 thousand tons of flour were delivered to foreign markets.
As reported, in MY 2021/2022, Ukraine exported 48.51 million tons of grains and legumes, which is 8.4% higher than in the previous marketing year, despite the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation and difficulties with the export of agricultural products due to the blockade of Ukrainian seaports. 18.74 million tons of wheat were delivered to foreign markets (12.6% more than in 2020/2021MY), 23.54 million tons of corn (+1.9%), 5.75 million tons of barley (+35.9%) , 70.9 thousand tons of flour (-44.1%).
In 2020/2021 MY, the country exported 44.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops: 16.64 million tons of wheat, 23.08 million tons of corn, 4.23 million tons of barley, 126.9 thousand tons of flour and 18.4 thousand . tons of rye.
In 2019/2020 MY, Ukraine exported 56.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.
