Where do the grains produced in Ukraine go?

First shipment of grain sets sail from Odessa 3:43

(CNN Spanish) --

Little more than a week after an agreement between Ukraine and Russia to allow the export of grains in the middle of the war, the first ship loaded with grains sailed this Monday from the port of Odessa.

The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni is loaded with 26,000 tons of Ukrainian corn and was sailing the Black Sea towards the Bosphorus Strait, through which it will reach the Mediterranean Sea and global markets, according to the satellite tracker of MarineTraffic boats.

The first reported destination of her is Tripoli, in Lebanon.

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The agreement between Ukraine and Russia was signed on July 22 and was mediated by Turkey, which controls the Bosphorus and will monitor compliance with the pact, and was sponsored by the United Nations.

It allows the export of five million tons of cereals from Ukraine per month, through a secure corridor in the Black Sea, and implies a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, at war since February 24, around this corridor maritime.

The cargo ship Razoni, loaded with 26,000 tons of corn after leaving Odessa.

(Credit: OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

The deal was called into question just a day after it was signed, when Russia attacked port facilities in Odessa with cruise missiles.

But at the moment the parties have continued in their implementation.

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Since the beginning of the war, it is estimated that there are some 20 million tons of Ukrainian grains without exporting after the harvest, and it is expected that the agreement will allow the cereal to enter the markets and help to avoid a food crisis about which the UN.

But where do the grains produced in Ukraine go?

According to the US Department of Agriculture, Ukraine exported grain in 2021 worth US$27.8 billion.

European Union, China and India, main destinations

Ukraine's main market is the European Union, which accounted for US$7.7 billion of purchases, followed by China with US$4.2 billion and India with US$2 billion.

The three agricultural products that lead Ukrainian exports are sunflower seeds ($6.4 billion), corn ($5.9 billion), and wheat ($5.1 billion).

It is followed by rapeseed ($1.7bn), barley ($1.3bn), and sunflower expeller ($1.2bn), a by-product of milling sunflowers that it uses as livestock feed.

India is the main buyer of Ukrainian sunflower seeds, while China is the main buyer of maize, barley and sunflower expeller.

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The countries of the European Union, as a whole the largest buyers of Ukrainian agricultural products, lead the purchase of rapeseed (used to make canola oil), and rank second in corn, sunflower seeds and sunflower expeller.

Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey, main buyers of wheat

Within the EU, the main destinations are Poland (6.19% of total Ukrainian exports), Germany (4.02%), Italy (3.72%), the Netherlands (3.44%), Hungary (2 .87%) and Spain (2.43%), according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity.

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Other important buyers are Egypt (main buyer of wheat and important buyer of maize), Turkey (third buyer of wheat and second of barley), Indonesia (second biggest buyer of wheat), Pakistan (rapeseed), Saudi Arabia (barley), Belarus ( sunflower expeller) and the United Kingdom (rapeseed).

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