AJOT Newsroom
| August 24, 2023
| Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals
• In the first half of 2023, grain from Ukraine exceeded 296,000 tonnes, already exceeding the total data for 2022.
• In the first six months of this year, Ukraine leads the imports of cereal arriving at the Port of Valencia ahead of Romania.
• The recent attacks by Russia - after withdrawing from the Black Sea agreement - on cereal warehouses in Ukraine will once again limit exports from the breadbasket of Europe.
• In 2022, the first year of the war, Ukrainian grain arriving in Valencia was 241,000 tonnes, the lowest figure in five years. The blockade of Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea has concentrated imports in a few very specific months.
• Total imports of cereals and their flours arriving at Valenciaport in 2022 were 1,317,074 tonnes compared to 1,066,434 tonnes in 2021, an increase of 23.5%.
• Of these, 18.3% came from Ukraine, while in 2021 this percentage was 30.8%. In 2018, 59% of the grain arriving at the Port of Valencia originated in the Ukrainian region. In 2019, it was 52% and in 2020 (Covid year) it was 35.4%.
• In the last two years, Romania has overtaken the Ukrainian country in the import of maize or wheat to the Valencian precinct. Brazil has also increased its import weight of these cereals in the last year.
