Commercial corridors

Russian grain export routes

A market page describes a country. A route page is the commercial landing for one corridor, one Incoterm, and one grade — ports, transit, documents, lot sizes and how to quote.

  • CIF Mersin 12.5% wheat · GASC Egypt · Caspian · FOB Novorossiysk
  • Load ports: Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Taman, Azov, Rostov-on-Don
  • SGS inspection and digital-asset escrow on every programme
Typical Black Sea grain terminal at Novorossiysk
Typical Black Sea load terminal at Novorossiysk — illustrative of the ports used on these corridors, not a named MOSTAGRO berth.
Route vs market

Why a route page is not a country page

Buyers do not search for “Russia–Turkey grain” when they have a mill to fill. They search for a named discharge, a protein, and an Incoterm: CIF Mersin milling wheat 12.5%, GASC 12.5% FOB or CIF Damietta, Caspian Sea wheat from Astrakhan, or FOB Novorossiysk when they already have ocean freight. Country overviews stay on Markets. These four pages are the commercial landings for that query.

A route page answers operational questions a market page should not dilute: what the named Incoterm includes, which sister ports are realistic, how long the sea leg typically takes, which documents travel with the cargo, bulk versus bagged lot sizes, and how escrow releases against the bill of lading. Grade stays narrow. On the Turkey corridor the workhorse is milling wheat 12.5% protein under GOST 9353-2016. On Egypt it is the same 12.5% specification, written for GASC-oriented and private mill programmes. Caspian and FOB pages cover wheat first, with barley and corn available on the same water.

Load geography is shared. Grain leaves Novorossiysk, Tuapse or Taman on the Black Sea, or Azov and Rostov-on-Don when draft and lot size fit the Azov basin. Discharge is what changes: Mersin and Marmara for Turkish mills, Damietta and Alexandria for Egyptian silos, Iranian Caspian terminals from Astrakhan, or Bandar Abbas when the buyer needs a deep-sea vessel. If you want the full chain — vessels, packing, NOR and demurrage — start at logistics, then open the corridor that matches your contract.

Quotes go out within 24 hours from Email address or +972 55-507-1227. Send grade, volume, named port and Incoterm. CIF freight is calculated case-by-case. The only published indicative figure on this site remains FOB Novorossiysk milling wheat 12.5% at USD 165 / MT on the milling wheat product page — repeated on the FOB route page with the same caveat.

Four corridors

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One Incoterm, one discharge family, one (or few) grades — not a country brochure.

CIF Mersin · wheat 12.5%

Freight and insurance to the named Turkish port. Transit typically 4–7 days from Novorossiysk. Marmara alternatives for western mills.

  • Mersin · Ambarlı / İzmit / Bandırma
  • Laycan, SGS, escrow
  • 12.5% blended with local soft wheat
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GASC Egypt · wheat 12.5%

World’s #1 wheat buyer. FOB Novorossiysk or CIF Damietta / Alexandria for GASC-oriented and private mill programmes.

  • Tender vs private mill offtake
  • Full documentary pack
  • 12.5% GASC-oriented spec
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Caspian Sea · Astrakhan

Short-sea wheat, barley and corn from Astrakhan to Iranian Caspian terminals — or Bandar Abbas when the lot needs a larger vessel.

  • Two corridors, when to use which
  • Weekly indicative prices · escrow
  • Onward DAP Afghanistan
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FOB Novorossiysk

The core load term: you arrange ocean freight. Sister ports Tuapse and Taman. NOR, laycan and demurrage coordinated with the carrier.

  • Buyer nominates the vessel
  • Bulk 3,000–60,000 MT · bags from 500 MT
  • Switch to CIF when you want freight included
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