Ukrainian seaports reduced grain transshipment by 9% in January-July of 2018

Ukrainian seaports handled 20.22 million tons of grain in January-July 2018, which is 8.75% less than during the same period last year.

This is reported by USPA.

Top 5 seaports in terms of grain transshipment volumes:

• Nikolaev Sea Port – 6.01 million tons (+ 24.73% compared to the same period last year);
• Chernomorsk Sea Port – 4.87 million tons (+ 7.98%);
• Odessa Sea Port – 4.01 million tons (-16.48%);
• Yuzhnyi Sea Port – 3.43 million tons (-31.7%);
• Olvia Sea Port – 0.81 million tons (-59.47%).

Reference: in the period from August 11 to August 17, 112 thousand tons of basic crops were shipped for export by Ukrainian seaports, which is 86% less than the previous week (781 thousand tons, taking into account the update).