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Food supply security has emerged as a significant global issue. Beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in the supply chains, followed by conflicts between countries, and most recently, Russia officially declaring war on Ukraine in February 2022, have once again brought food security issues to the forefront in a very serious manner. This is because Russia and Ukraine are the two largest grain-exporting countries in the world, often referred to as the "world’s breadbasket." Therefore, in July 2022, the "Black Sea Grain Initiative" agreement was signed with the aim of ensuring the safe export of grain from these two countries despite the war environment. The purpose of this study is to examine this from the perspective of international trade discipline. The research is methodologically structured as a "document analysis." In this context, contemporary articles, writings in journals and newspapers related to the topic were utilized. Additionally, the foreign trade data obtained during the research is based on secondary data and was obtained from the International Trade Centre's (ITC) Trade Map website using 4-digit HS (Harmonized System) product codes. Within the scope of the study, both current information on the grain corridor agreement and foreign trade data are presented based on documents in the literature. This allows for an analysis of the impact of the agreement on global grain import and export, trade volume, and economic consequences.

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