Black Sea grain flow // week 4
29.01.2025 13:06
Brief summary:
- The volume of grain departed from Azov-Black Sea ports has declined from 1.96 to 1.5 million tons amid an about 30% drop in exports from Ukraine and Russia;
- Despite unchanged number of vessels laden with grain at sea (345), the volume of grain has decreased from 6.9 to 6.6 million tons;
- Morocco, Egypt and China have shown the most significant upturn in volumes of grain enroute;
- The volume of discharged grain has risen quite significantly this week, namely from 1.1 to 1.83 million tons;
- Egyptian importers have seen the most noticeable increase (two-fold) in discharged volumes, while Greece has become the only importing country which has shown a slight decline over the week;
- The number of discharged carriers has grown from 58 to 81, but the Supramax/Ultramax vessel count is holding steady.
Destinations for grain at sea, tons
Black Sea grain enroute, tons (incl. towards Asia, WAfr, EAfr)
Seaborne exports by countries, tons
Vessels that discharged Black Sea grain worldwide
Seaborne import by countries, tons