Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s wheat exports remained relatively low in the first half of January amid Russian attacks on Ukrainian seaports and low external demand, data from the country’s grain traders union UGA showed on Wednesday.
Ukraine is a major European producer and exporter of wheat.
Since the end of last year, Russia has sharply intensified its attacks on Ukrainian ports, with not only port terminals and warehouses coming under fire, but also civilian vessels.
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UGA said that Ukraine had exported 292,000 metric tons of wheat in the first half of January versus 293,000 tons in the same period in December and against 610,000 tons in November 1-15.
The economy ministry said wheat exports totalled 8.2 million tons so far in the 2025/26 July-June season compared with 10.3 million tons in the same period in 2024/25.
Analysts and producers say that low demand for Ukrainian wheat due to global trends and competition from cheaper Russian wheat is one of the reasons for low shipments.
Analyst Barva Invest said on Telegram messenger that “insufficient interest from importers” limited the sales.
Corn export rates rise
But despite military risks, Ukraine maintains high corn export rates, with shipments increasing to 1.2 million tons in January 1-15 from 1.06 million tons in December 1-15 and 822,000 in the first half of November, UGA noted.
Barva Invest said that the corn market “remains one of the most liquid and shows significant activity on the part of both farmers and exporters”.
Ukraine exported 7.07 million tons of corn so far in 2025/26 against 11.15 million tons in 2024/25.
— Reporting by Pavel Polityuk
