Ukrainian wheat prices fall amid rising logistics costs

Ukrainian wheat prices remain under pressure due to worsening logistics and higher transport costs. Rail wagons at crossings toward Poland and Romania can wait for 2–3 weeks, while queues at the Port of Constanța have increased. Against this backdrop, Ukrainian wheat prices have fallen to $245–250/t.

Ukraine’s wheat exports also remain well below last year’s level. In the first 21 days of September, shipments reached 652 thsd tons versus 1.52 mln tons a year earlier, while exports since the start of MY 2026/27 totaled 2.34 mln tons compared with 4.17 mln tons last season.

Feed wheat is facing the strongest pressure on the domestic market. EXW prices have fallen to UAH 5.3–5.8 thsd/t due to weak exporter demand and expectations of higher corn supplies.

At the same time, export bid prices for milling wheat at Danube ports rose by $5–8/t over the week to $170–177/t, or UAH 8.2–8.8 thsd/t. Feed wheat remained at $150–155/t due to limited demand in the Constanța direction.

Global wheat futures strengthened slightly, rising by 0.6–1.4% over the week amid supply disruptions in the Black Sea region. However, in Ukraine, the positive impact of stronger global prices is still being offset by high logistics costs and slow exports.

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