A ship with Ukrainian wheat has arrived in Kenya

UkrAgroConsult

The Super Henry ship left the port of Odesa on September 7, with 51.4 thousand tons of wheat on board. Today, the ship arrived at the port of Mombasa in Kenya after spending 35 days on the road.

Previously, Ukraine supplied Kenya with up to 300,000 tons of wheat per year, and in the 2021/2022 season, before the start of the war, it shipped a record 355,000 tons. The country’s annual need for wheat imports is 2-2.2 million tons per year.

In past years, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the tourism and hospitality sectors of Kenya, the largest consumer of wheat products. According to the FAS USDA forecast, wheat production in Kenya in 2022/23 should increase by 20% to 300,000 tons compared to last year. First of all, because of better weather conditions. Also, the consumption of food, seed and fodder wheat should recover almost to the level at the beginning of the pandemic and will amount to 2.25 million tons. This is due to the recovery of the hotel and catering sectors in Kenya.

On October 11-12, 16 ships loaded with 385,000 tons of agricultural products left Ukrainian ports. A total of 325 ships with 7.2 million tons of cargo left Ukraine since the beginning of the “grain corridor”.

Tags: Ukraine, grain, wheat, Kenya