Grain exports from Ukraine helping to push prices down -U.N. spokesperson – Reuters

Grain exports from Ukraine helping to push prices down -U.N. spokesperson – Reuters

ISTANBUL, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A drop in global wheat prices in August was partly due to grain exports resuming from Ukraine and ensuring food and fertilizer supplies was critical to maintain a downtrend, a U.N. spokesperson for the Black Sea Grain Initiative said on Wednesday.

The spokesperson's comments came after President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he wanted to discuss amending the U.N.-brokered deal as Ukrainian exports were not going to the world's poorest countries as originally intended. read more