Grain

FOB prices in the ports of Great Odesa demonstrate an almost complete lack of difference between the old and new harvest, and for corn, forward is even more expensive than spot.

The most significant increase will affect grain trucks, the cost of which will increase to 2,500 UAH per day excluding VAT.

A company that supplies products for UN programs receives stolen Ukrainian grain from a Russian company that also produces drones.

Since the end of February, FOB prices in Ukraine and Russia have increased by about $6/t, and freight has also increased with them.

Since the beginning of the 2025/26 marketing year, Ukraine has exported 24.21 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.

If the current dynamics continue, the monthly volume of shipments may amount to only about 600 thousand tons.

The route, about 800 km long, became the first example of using electric freight transport in Ukrainian grain logistics.

The main volume of grain products, as before, is sent to Ukrainian ports.

The increase in the cost of logistics does not increase exporters’ income, since the pressure of freight rates is actually transferred to FOB and domestic prices in Ukraine.

Russian grain exports to Iran have been halted by the war in the Middle East.