Wheat exports from Ukraine remain at an extremely low level so far in February, with only 27,000 tonnes leaving the country out of 700,000 tonnes contracted for the month, farmers union UAC said on Tuesday. Ukraine is a major global wheat grower and exporter.
"Not everything is OK with logistics. Ports cannot operate at full capacity due to blackouts and wheat is competing with corn, which is loaded first," UAC said in a weekly report.
Russia has increased strikes on Ukrainian seaports and energy infrastructure, causing blackouts across entire regions and significant restrictions on energy supplies to ports and railways. The UAC said that logistical problems mean Ukraine will be unable to export all of the contracted wheat exports.
In January, 536,000 tonnes of the contracted 620,000 tonnes were exported. In December, 586,000 tonnes of one million tonnes contracted left the country.
The APK-Inform agriculture consultancy made a downward revision to its 2025/26 Ukrainian wheat exports forecast on Sunday to 14.5 million tonnes from the previous estimate of 16.7 million tonnes.
The consultancy also increased the 2025/26 ending grain stocks outlook to 11.5 million tonnes from the 6.8 million tonnes expected a month earlier, adding that the volume could include four million tonnes of wheat and 4.3 million tonnes of corn.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by David Goodman)
