Istanbul, 15 June 2023
Exports:
As of today, the total grain and foodstuffs exported under the Initiative is 31,902,478 metric tonnes (MT). This includes 625,169 MT of grain shipped on vessels chartered by the World Food Programme (WFP) in support of its humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. In 2022, Ukraine supplied more than half of WFP’s global wheat grain procurement, as was the case in 2021. The volume of food exported by the Initiative in May was the lowest since the start of the Initiative and well below shipping demand and Ukraine’s export capacity.
The Initiative also provides for the exports of fertilizer, including ammonia. There have been no such exports so far under the Initiative. Exports of ammonia under the Initiative could start once an ammonia pipeline from the Russian Federation to the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny/Pivdenniy, halted by the conflict, is restarted. Damages to the pipeline were reported on 5 June.
Exports by month:
| Departure date | Metric tonnes | Change |
| August 2022 | 1,573,290 | |
| September 2022 | 3,913,484 | 149% |
| October 2022 | 4,241,809 | 8% |
| November 2022 | 2,611,506 | -38% |
| December 2022 | 3,740,616 | 43% |
| January 2023 | 3,023,926 | -19% |
| February 2023 | 3,393,366 | 12% |
| March 2023 | 3,933,607 | 16% |
| April 2023 | 2,785,455 | -29% |
| May 2023 | 1,327,342 | -52% |
| June 2023 (to 15 June) | 1,358,077 | |
| Grand Total | 31,902,478 |
Breakdowns of exports by country and commodities according to the income level and geographic classifications: https://www.un.org/en/black-sea-grain-initiative/data
Safety:
The JCC has facilitated the safe navigation of 1,940 voyages in and out of the designated maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea. Since the beginning of the Initiative, there were four instances where vessels reported to the JCC safety concerns, which the JCC reviewed.
Ships are monitored closely and stay in communication with maritime radio services of Türkiye and Ukraine when in range. The JCC requires all vessels to provide a two-hourly report of their position when transiting the corridor, usually delivered by satellite-based email. The JCC has noted approximately 70 occasions when vessels deviated from the coordinates of the corridor, often by relatively small distances. Remote monitoring is also possible with the Automatic Identification System (AIS), which transmits real-time ship locations through land- and satellite based-transceivers. AIS reception is often unreliable from the Black Sea operational area. AIS signals have been temporarily interrupted on more than 400 voyages.
In all instances, the JCC contacted the vessel masters and provided corrective guidance.
Vessel movements:
There are currently 8 vessels loading in Ukrainian ports, 5 in Chornomorsk and 3 in Odesa. No vessel is in the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi, the third port covered under the Initiative, which has accounted for more than a third of exports of the Initiative.
As of 15 June, there are 42 applications of vessels from the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority awaiting JCC registration. JCC parties are presented daily with the list of registration. So far in June, there were eight days where not all parties could agree to register new vessels in the Initiative. Given the slow pace of inspections, many vessels intending to move to Ukrainian ports have experienced long wait times.
Note: Departures graph until 14 June
Inspections:
Since 25 May, the JCC has reduced the number of inspection teams from three to two. From 1 to 4 June, the JCC conducted no inspections as the parties could not agree on the vessels to be inspected. Given reduced teams and slower inspections, since 5 June, the JCC has adjusted its planning to process fewer ships each day. The average time for a completed inspection lengthened from 2 hours and 32 minutes in March (174 inspections) to 3 hours and 27 minutes in May (97 inspections). Lengthy inspections are more common: in January only one in ten took more than three hours. In May, more than half took that long.
Average of completed inspections per day:
| Inspection month | Inbound inspections | Outbound inspections | Total |
| August 2022 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| September 2022 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 10.4 |
| October 2022 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 10.6 |
| November 2022 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
| December 2022 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
| January 2023 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| February 2023 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 5.3 |
| March 2023 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| April 2023 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4 |
| May 2023 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| June 2023 (to 15 June) | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
The Office of the UN Coordinator calls on all parties to work towards the full implementation of the Initiative's provisions. The Office further calls on all parties to work towards predictable, stable operations in line with their commitments to global food security.
More data on vessel movements and inspections: https://www.un.org/en/black-sea-grain-initiative/vessel-movements
Detailed data: https://www.un.org/en/black-sea-grain-initiative/data
For operational inquiries, please write to ops@jcc-secretariat.org
For media inquiries, please write to: media@jcc-secretariat.org
