Kremlin halts Black Sea grain deal

Russia has halted participation in the year-old UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative that has enabled the export of more than 32 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, aimed to alleviate a global food crisis 

MOLDOVA
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
BULGARIA
ROMANIA
BLACK SEA
CRIMEA Annexed 2014
Food exports (Aug-Jul, million tonnes)
Zaporizhya
Russia control
Sevastopol
To Turkey
Pivdennyi/Yuzhnyi
100km 60 miles


Wheat 8.91
Other 7.00
Maize 16.81
32.72 million tonnes

Food exports by port (million tonnes)

Chornomorsk 
Odesa
Pivdennyi/Yuzhnyi


Aug 2022 0.78 0.39 0.39 1.56
Sep 1.40 1.10 1.40 3.90
Oct 1.81 1.11 1.31 4.23
Nov 1.00 0.60 1.00 2.60
Dec 1.41 1.01 1.31 3.73
Jan 2023 0.91 1.01 1.11 3.03 
Feb 1.13 0.93 1.33 3.39
Mar 1.11 1.21 1.61 3.93
Apr 0.99 0.89 0.89 2.77
May 0.61 0.71 0.01 1.33
Jun 1.37 0.67 2.04
Jul 0.20 0.01 0.21 

Jun 28: Russia halts inspections of vessels entering grain corridor

Jul 17: Russia halts grain deal 


Sources: S&P Global, Reuters, UN JCC   Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS