Over 18 million tonnes (Mt) of grain, including 46% corn and 28% wheat, have been shipped worldwide under the Black Sea Grain Initiative from August 2022 to mid-January 2023 according to the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) of the United Nations. While shipments were made to 42 countries, China is the main recipient with more than 3 Mt. It is followed by Spain, Turkey and Italy. While all North African countries benefited from cereal exports, only Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan in sub-Saharan Africa received them.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative is an agreement between Russia and Ukraine reached with Turkey and the UN following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since July, the blockade was lifted and the grain trade on the Black Sea resumed ...

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