Romania: The port of Constanţa significantly reduced the volume of grain exports after a record transshipment in 2023

After record exports in 2023, the port of Constanţa significantly reduced the volume of grain transshipment, which was especially noticeable in the first half of 2024. 11.76 million tons of agricultural products from Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and other countries of the Danube region were exported through the Romanian port. This was reported by Maksym Kharchenko, an analyst of the logistics market of UkrAgroConsult. "Traditionally, the export of grain, oil and processed products is more active in the second half of the year. Therefore, of course, it will be impossible to repeat the record of 2023, but the indicator of grain export volumes should return to the level of 2021-2022," the message reads. According to preliminary data, 28.7 million tons of agricultural products were exported through the port last season. The record volume of exports was in October, 3.9 million tons. "Starting from February 2024, we note a decline in exports due to a decrease in grain stocks in Romania ...