Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Middle Eastern and African buyers of Black Sea grains are looking with anticipation to the freeing up of grain/oilseed shipments from the Ukraine and Russia, as was agreed and signed last week. However, experts say it will be weeks and perhaps months until any significant exports will be made – especially from Ukraine ports. There are no direct restrictions/sanctions on Russian grain/oilseed exports, but banking complications and banking sanctions have made export shipments more difficult along with the fact that some countries will not trade with Russia at present due to the invasion of Ukraine. African wheat buyers are hoping for increased wheat shi...
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