Valencia is slowly regaining imported grain traffic from Ukraine that had been lost because of the Russian invasion.
In the first six months of this year, the Mediterranean port registered a 123% increase in consignments from Ukraine compared to the previous year. Between January and June 2024, it handled a total of 661,861 tonnes of grain and cereals from Ukraine, up from the half year figure of the previous year that totalled 296,795 tonnes.
Overall levels of imported grain from Ukraine are recovering. In 2022, the naval blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports resulted in the arrival of just 241,000 tonnes of grain and cereals at Valencia. Then, for 2023 as a whole, imports from Ukraine grew to 772,276 tonnes.
To date, February has been the leading month this year for grain consignments, with 181,000 tonnes, followed by May, with 145,169 tonnes, and June, with 123,500 tonnes.