Black Sea grain flow // week 5, 2026

Brief summary:

- Despite a more than 25% decline in the total volume of grain departed from Azov-Black Sea ports (down to 1.56 million tons), wheat export volumes have even inched up from 856k tons to 1 million tons;

- Ukraine has seen the most noticeable surge in the volume of loaded and departed grain this week;

- The volume of grains at sea has sagged by 3%;

- Egypt remains the most popular destination for grains at sea despite this week’s decrease;

- The total volume of imported (discharged) grain has dropped by 5.6% to 1.73 million tons;

- The number of discharged Panamax ships has risen from 3 to 8 units, while other tonnage groups have witnessed a slight decline in vessel count;

- Egypt, Spain and Greece are the only top importers that have shown an upturn in discharged volumes this week.