Nikolaos Aidinis Antonopoulos

The UN-brokered Black Sea safe passage deal, signed July 22 by Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, enabled the resumption of exports of grains and fertilizers from the three key Ukrainian ports -- Chornomorsk

Ukrainian grain flows eased considerably during the first full week of the renewed Black Sea safe passage agreement amid escalating congestion and inspection delays and despite initial optimism.

Ukrainian grain flows retreated in the week ended Dec. 11, plagued by inspection delays, which also saw the weekly average cargo size edging lower.

Seaborne Ukrainian grain flows through the Black Sea slumped another 22% on the week to reach 514,848 mt during the Dec. 12 18 period, with the average cargo size shrinking by 26% on the week to 25,74

Downward pressure in seaborne Ukrainian grain flows through the Black Sea persisted during the week Jan. 9 15, with volumes declining 20% on the week to reach 490,825 mt, the lowest weekly level since

Seaborne flows through the Black Sea grain corridor have averaged 102,051 mt/d over Jan. 1 28, 15% lower than December, an analysis of the UN’s Black Sea Grain Initiative Joint Coordination Centre dat