Insight - Export losses give Ukraine leeway in its upcoming corn harvest

Filepic shows a dockyard worker watching as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukranian city of Nikolaev

UKRAINE’s corn exports basically ground to a halt several weeks ago when Russia invaded the country, leading to the closure of its critical seaports.

While that is causing a global supply crunch in the near term, it is also leading to an unprecedented buildup of stocks in the country.