Black Sea grain flow // week 18

Brief summary:

- The total volume of grain departed from Azov-Black Sea ports has risen by 7.7% over the week, with a more than two-fold upturn in Bulgarian exports;

- The volume of grain enroute (at sea) has inched up by 2.2% after 3 weeks of gradual decline;

- Turkiye has shown the most significant increase as the destination for grains at sea, surpassing 1 million tons;

- The UAE, Yemen and Italy are among the countries seeing the most noticeable decrease in volumes heading towards their ports;

- The volume of discharged grain has plunged from 1.78 to 1.3 million tons, while the number of discharged vessels has dropped from 87 to 69, which is the 2nd lowest figure since the start of 2025.

- Turkiye, Algeria, Spain and Tunisia have seen the most noticeable decline in discharged (imported) volumes, while Italy and Bangladesh have shown an increase.