Barley ports and hubs in The Black Sea
28 ports and hubs in the Black Sea handle barley, across 7 countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine. Grades: Feed Barley.
ExportImportCrushing / transitInland river
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Grades
- Feed Barley (10.5% - 11.5%) - Six-row and two-row feed grain used widely in cattle, swine, and sheep feed blends.
Ports and hubs (28)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Burgas Burgas Bulgaria's southern Black Sea port. Prices here are European Commission farm-gate quotations for the Burgas district; the Commission's Burgas FOB series ended in 2022. | Bulgaria | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Ruse (Danube) Ruse Bulgaria's main Danube river port, loading barges down to the Black Sea and up the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor. Prices are European Commission farm-gate quotations for the Ruse district. | Bulgaria | River port Inland river | Feed Barley |
| Port of Varna Varna Bulgaria's principal Black Sea grain port. Prices here are European Commission farm-gate quotations for the Varna district: the Commission discontinued its Varna FOB series in 2023, and a three-year-old port price is not shown as current. | Bulgaria | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Poti Poti Georgia's principal Black Sea port and the main entry point for its wheat imports. | Georgia | Seaport Import | Feed Barley |
| Kostanay (Northern Kazakhstan) Kostanay Centre of northern Kazakhstan's spring wheat belt, one of the largest wheat-growing regions in Central Asia. | Kazakhstan | Inland hub Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Aktau (Caspian) Aktau Kazakhstan's Caspian Sea port, shipping wheat to Iran, Azerbaijan and the Caucasus. | Kazakhstan | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Constanta (Comvex & Chimpex) Constanta Black Sea mega-hub and transshipment powerhouse. Confluence of the Danube-Black Sea canal, loading Capesize and Panamax bulkers with Romanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Hungarian crops. | Romania | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Galati (Danube) Galati Romania's largest Danube port and a barge-to-ship transshipment point for grain moving down to the Black Sea. | Romania | River port Inland river | Feed Barley |
| Astrakhan (Volga delta, Caspian) Astrakhan Volga delta port and, with nearby Olya, Russia's main Caspian route for wheat, barley and maize to Iran and Central Asia. | Russia | River port Export | Feed Barley |
| Barnaul (Altai Krai) Barnaul Capital of Altai Krai, Siberia's largest grain region, known for hard spring wheat and buckwheat. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Feed Barley |
| Krasnodar (Kuban) Krasnodar Capital of Krasnodar Krai, Russia's second wheat region with about 12% of the crop, and a large maize and sunflower producer. Its grain moves by rail to Novorossiysk, Taman and Kavkaz. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Feed Barley |
| Novosibirsk (Western Siberia) Novosibirsk Rail hub of western Siberia on the Trans-Siberian, gathering spring wheat and barley from Siberian farms for the domestic market and rail exports towards China and Central Asia. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Feed Barley |
| Port Kavkaz (Kerch Strait) Kavkaz Deep-water anchorage and terminals at the Kerch Strait, where wheat brought down the Azov Sea and Don in small river-sea vessels is topped up into ocean bulk carriers. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Azov Azov Russian port at the mouth of the Don on the Sea of Azov, handling grain in shallow-draft coasters. | Russia | River port Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Makhachkala (Caspian) Makhachkala Dagestan's ice-free Caspian port, shipping grain to Iran; a larger grain terminal is planned. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Novorossiysk Novorossiysk Russia's largest Black Sea port and the main outlet for its wheat exports. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don Russian river port on the Don, loading shallow-draft vessels out across the Sea of Azov. | Russia | River port Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Taman Taman Russian deep-water grain terminal on the Taman peninsula, facing the Kerch Strait. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Tuapse Tuapse Russian Black Sea port south of Novorossiysk with a dedicated grain terminal. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Yeysk (Azov Sea) Yeysk Azov Sea port in Krasnodar Krai, loading wheat and barley from the Kuban and Rostov farms into shallow river-sea ships. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| St Petersburg (Baltic) St Petersburg Russia's Baltic gateway. Terminals that handled coal and fertiliser have started loading wheat, giving a northern export route that avoids the Black Sea. | Russia | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Stavropol Stavropol Centre of Stavropol Krai, one of Russia's three largest wheat regions, shipping by rail to Novorossiysk and the Caspian. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Samsun Samsun Turkish Black Sea port on the northern Anatolian coast. Turkey is among the world's largest wheat importers, much of it milled and re-exported as flour. | Türkiye | Seaport Import | Feed Barley |
| Port of Izmail (Danube) Izmail Ukrainian Danube port that became a principal grain export route when the Black Sea ports were blockaded in 2022. | Ukraine | River port Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Ukrainian port on the Southern Bug, historically one of the largest grain export hubs in the country; its operations have been heavily disrupted since 2022. | Ukraine | River port Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Odesa & Chornomorsk Odesa Historic Ukrainian deep-water grain gateway handling high-capacity export flows into the Mediterranean and worldwide. | Ukraine | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Pivdennyi Pivdennyi Deep-water Ukrainian port east of Odesa, one of the three ports of the Greater Odesa grain export corridor. | Ukraine | Seaport Export | Feed Barley |
| Port of Reni (Danube) Reni Ukrainian Danube port which, with Izmail, carried much of Ukraine's grain exports while the Black Sea ports were blockaded in 2022. | Ukraine | River port Export | Feed Barley |