Barley prices are holding steady at $196-200 per ton, but may begin to decline in August

Barley prices have stabilized and remained at the level of 9,350-9,500 UAH/ton or 196-200 $/ton with delivery to Black Sea ports during the current week.

After a turbulent surge in barley export prices in Ukraine last week, they stabilized and remained at 9,350-9,500 UAH/t or $196-200/t with delivery to Black Sea ports. GrainTrade reports. Recently it became known that China has contracted around 500-700 thousand tons of feed barley from Ukraine at a price of $240/t CIF, which, minus freight, amounts to approximately $200-205/t FOB Black Sea ports or $190-195/t CPT-port. Considering that the barley harvest forecast in Ukraine has been reduced to 4.5-5 million tons, and the export potential is only 2 million tons (compared to 2.32 million tons in 2024/25 MY and 2.477 million tons in 2023/24 MY), such a large purchase volume (almost 25% of export potential), moreover certified for China, will strongly enhance export demand and competition between exporters. Data about better barley yields in central and western Ukraine, compared to the southeast, somewhat calmed traders who began trying to lower purchase prices. However, farmers are ...