During the week, the volume of exports through the grain corridor from the ports of Odesa decreased by 23%

During the 36th week of operation of the grain corridor (April 3 - 9), the export of grain from the sea ports of Odesa decreased by 23% compared to the previous week to 655.9 thousand tons, and the number of loaded ships - by 4 to 16 units.

The Russians continue to sabotage inspections of vessels in the queue. Thus, the average daily number of vessel inspections in the 36th week of operation of the grain corridor amounted to 2.3 vessels, while during the entire period of operation of the corridor it reached 5.5 vessels/day.

The main export items in the period of the 35th week of operation of the grain corridor were:

• corn – 57% of shipments,
• wheat - 30%,
• sunflower oil - 6%.

The main buyers of Ukrainian agricultural products were the countries of Asia (especially China and Turkey), Europe (Spain, Italy and the Netherlands) and Africa (Libya, Egypt).

Since the start of the grain corridor (August 1, 2022), as of April 9, Ukraine was able to export 27.4 million tons of agricultural products through it.