Germany has increased imports from Russia by 60%. In January-April 2022, Germany increased imports from Russia by 60% and transferred to Moscow almost €6B more than in the same period last year, announced the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, Andriy... #AndriyMelnyk #ExportsFromRussia #GermanyRussia
Germany is working to build a grain bridge with Ukraine. Against the background of the threat of a blocked grain harvest in Ukraine, the German federal government wants to enable the export of grain through a fund for wagons, as well as guarantees and subsi... #GermanyExportsGrain #GrainBridge #grainexport #UkraineGrainExport
Ukraine has established two grain export channels. Faced with the Russian naval blockade, Ukraine has established grain export channels through Poland and Romania, and also are negotiating with the Baltic states, stated Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukr... #ExportThroughRomania #grainexport #GrainExportThroughPoland #пшеницяУкраїни
Export of milk and condensed cream has increased by 44%. In May this year, total exports of milk and condensed cream amounted to 187,000 tons, which is 44% more than in April and 7% less than in the same period last year, as reported by the Ukrainian Agrar... #DiaryExport #MilkExport #MilkfromUkraine #UkraineExport
Ukraine is ready to abolish tariffs on EU goods. Ukraine is prepared to abolish tariffs on European goods in response to the temporary full liberalization of trade by the EU, announced Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka. He added that Ukraine i... #EUexport #EUgoods #EUtarrifs #EUukrainetarrifs #TarasKachka
Grain exports by land and rivers may amount to 50% of pre-war level volume. With the effective interaction of domestic and foreign logistics, the volume of grain exports from Ukraine by land and river can be increased to 2.5 million tons. This is nearly 50% of the total pre-... #agroexportukraine #DenysMarchuk #grainexport
Since the beginning of the war, 643 land auctions have been completed. Since the imposition of martial law, the auction platform Prozorro.Sales held 643 auctions for the lease and sale of land for UAH 124M, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. Since the launch of t... #AgroLand #LandAuction #LandForSale #LandMarket
Ukraine is doing everything it can to unblock its seaports. “We are doing all we can, but this issue can be resolved only by unblocking Ukrainian ports because 80% of agricultural exports go through them,” said Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytr... #BlockedSeaports #DmytroKuleba #RussianAgression #SeaPorts #UnblockingSeaPorts
Due to the Russian invasion, agricultural sector losses have reached about $20B. The KSE Vice President for Economic Education is convinced that the Ukrainian agro sector is suffering significant losses due to the Russian invasion, reported Espresso. According to him, “If w... #AgricultureDuringWar #AgricultureUkraine #agroUkraine
Ukraine can open ports for grain exports under one condition. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the supply of weapons to Ukraine is the best guarantee for demining ports through which Ukrainian food can be exported. But, he added, this is not a threat, ... #BlockedSeaports #RussiaBlocksUkrainePorts #Zelenskyy
US diplomats have warned African countries not to buy stolen grain from Russia. US diplomats have recently sent letters to 14 countries, mainly in Africa, stating that Russia could try to sell grain stolen from Ukraine to foreign buyers, reported the New York Times. The US State ... #grainexport #RussiaStealingGrain #StolenGrain #Ukrainiangrain #WarinUkraine
The farmer loan portfolio has grown by over 50%. As of the beginning of May 2022, the share of loans granted by banks to companies related to agriculture, forestry, and fisheries was 13.2% of the total number of loans, reported Opendatabot. In tota... #FarmersLoans #farmingukraine #FarmLoans
Ukraine’s farmers have planted 80.6 % of last year’s area. As of June 2, the sowing of spring cereals and legumes in Ukraine has been 80.6% completed compared to the previous year’s figures, announced the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. According to the m... #sowingseason2022 #SowingUkraine #пшеницяУкраїни
Türkiye will help to deliver 20 million tons of grain to the world. As a result of Türkiye’s robust, multi-faceted diplomacy, a roadmap for negotiation has been prepared. Its details will be discussed at a meeting with Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, and UN officials... #GrainDelivery #RecepTayyipErdoğan #Türkiye #WorldGrain #Zelenskyy
Unblocking seaports will allow Ukraine to reduce the decline in the GDP. Ukraine’s GDP will fall by 30% in 2022, but unblocking seaports would reduce the economic downturn to 22-25%, according to Dragon Capital Chief Economist Olena Belan. According to her, “A... #GDPdecline #UkraineGDP #UkraineSeaPorts
Poland will provide logistics for the transportation of Ukrainian grain. Poland is ready to expand its infrastructure in order to transport Russian-blocked Ukrainian grain to the Middle East and Africa and needs several months to do so, as stated by Polish Prime Minister M... #grainexport #GrainforEU #MateuszMorawiecki #UkraineGrainExport
The UK is working with its G7 partners to resume the export of Ukrainian grain. In a phone call to President Zelenskyy, The Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, outlined the intensive work with international partners to find ways to resume the export of grain from Ukraine to... #BlockedSeaports #BorisJohnson #G7 #UKaid #UkraineGrainExport
The Kirovohrad region planted more barley, peas, and rapeseed than last year. According to the Kirovohrad Regional Department of Agriculture, “Wheat, oats, and corn were sown on 100% of the planned areas at last year’s level. The region has planted 9% more barley, ... #barley #GrainfromUkraine #Kirovohradregion #peas #Sowing2022 #пшеницяУкраїни
Ukraine wants to expand its loan program for farmers. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy is initiating the expansion of affordable lending for farmers working in agricultural processing. Deputy Minister Taras Vysotsky stated that the financing of the sowin... #AffordableLoans #FarmingLoans #LoansforFarmers
Russian grain theft can be seen from space. Satellite images from Maxar Technologies recorded the loading of Ukrainian grain on Russian ships in the port of temporarily occupied Sevastopol. It is noted that the new photos show the vessel Matro... #BlackSeaBlockage #RussianStealingGrain #Ukrainiangrain #WarinUkraine
Russia is using food supplies as a weapon as it did with energy supplies. Russia is using a similar scheme with food supplies as it did with energy and weaponizing the sector with global repercussions, said Ursula von der Leyen to the World Economic Forum. The European Comm... #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #UrsulavonderLeyen #worldeconomicforum
Croatia offers ports for the transportation of Ukrainian grain. Croatia’s Adriatic ports may provide an alternative route for transporting grain from Ukraine, whose Black Sea ports remain blocked, stated Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croat... #AndrejaMetelkoZgombych #CroatiaPorts #CroatiaSeaPorts #Ukrainiangrain
Russia is blocking 22 million tons of food in Ukraine ports. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of blocking the export of 22 million tons of food products and warned that many countries will face a food crisis if their ports are unblocked. “The world ... #RussianAgression #SeaPortsBlockage #UkrainePorts
Despite difficulties exporting goods, Ukraine has exported 650,000 tons of grain. Since the beginning of the marketing year, Ukraine has exported more than 46.5 million tons of grains and legumes. In the first three weeks of May, 64,000 tons were exported, reported the Ministry of... #ExportfromUkraine #grainexport #UkraineExport
The US and Europe are developing routes for the export of Ukrainian grain. The Biden administration is working closely with European allies to establish routes to get Ukrainian wheat and corn out of the country after Russia blocked Ukrainian ships from departing with grain ... #ExportduringWar #ExportofGrain #grainexport
The sowing campaign in the Mykolaiv region is 80 – 85% completed. The head of the Mykolaiv regional administration, Vitaly Kim, reported that the sowing campaign in areas with no military operations is 80 – 85% finished, reported Interfax-Ukraine. According to Kim,... #Mykolaiv #Sowing2022 #SowingMykolaiv
The EU must address technical issues in order to transport large cargo volumes from Ukraine. Ukraine Railways (UZ) emphasizes several problems on the part of the transport system of European countries and its integration with Ukraine, which hinder the increase in the volume of cargo transpor... #CargoFromUkraine #EUandUkraine #RailCargo #UkraineRailways #UZ
The EU and the US will help Ukraine to export grain. The United States, the EU, and Poland will do everything possible to help Kyiv export Ukrainian grain to world markets. This has not been possible due to the Russian blockade of Ukrainian seaports. At... #grainexport #GrainfromUkraine #JanuszWojciechowski #MykolaSolsky
In March, Ukrainian exports fell by almost 57.9% and imports by 75.8%. In March 2022, compared with February 2022, seasonally adjusted exports decreased by 57.9% and imports by 75.8%. The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in March 2022 was positive and amounted ... #Ukraineexports #UkraineImports
Ukraine has proposed the creation of an organization of grain-exporting countries. At the G7 ambassadors’ meeting, Ukraine called for the development of an influential organization of grain exporting countries to respond to global market challenges, as stated at the Stuttgart... #G7ambassadors #grainexport #GrainfromUkraine #MykolaSolsky
Ukraine farmers have already borrowed more than UAH 24B in bank loans. Ukrainian farmers have attracted almost UAH 24.2B in loans for the sowing campaign, of which UAH 16.46B under the portfolio guarantee program. Currently, the banking system of Ukraine issues up to UA... #AgricultureLoans #FarmingLoans #farmingukraine
The EU has presented a plan to support Ukraine’s agricultural exports. On Thursday, the European Commission unveiled an action plan to help Ukraine export its agricultural products, given the ports blocked by Russia, which handled 90% of Ukrainian export. The European C... #EUexportPlan #ExportduringWar #grainexport #UkraineExport
Ukraine has resumed pork and beef exports. Following negotiations with the European Commission and EU member states, Ukraine has agreed on the transit of pork and beef through the EU, reported the Ukraine Ministry of Agrarian Policy. Due to t... #BeefExport #MeatExport #PorkExport #UkraineMeetExport
The EBRD has downgraded Ukraine’s economic downturn in 2022 and improved its outlook for 2023. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has downgraded the forecast for Ukraine’s economic decline due to the war to 30%, while at the end of March, the forecast was minus 20... #ebrd #UkraineEconomy #UkraineEconomyForcast
Small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine have lost $85B. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have suffered direct losses of $64-85B in the 75 days since the war began, stated the Advanter Group. SMEs have a total funding need of $54B, with 87% of com... #doingbusinessinukraine #SmallBusinessUkraine #SME #UkraineBusiness
Ukraine is losing $170M every day due to blocked seaports. The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, became acquainted with the current situation in the port of Odesa and discussed steps to solve... #BlockedSeaports #DenysShmyhal #grainexport #Ukrainiangrain
The Baltic States’ seaports are the most promising for exporting Ukrainian grain. For grain exports, the best option is the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and three ports in Latvia. The government is currently working on the logistics of Ukrainian grain, said the Minister of Agraria... #BalticSeaPorts #grainexport #KlaipedaSeaPort #MykolaSolsky #пшеницяУкраїни
Ukraine has restricted the export of buckwheat, rye, and oats. The export of agricultural products that might be in short supply in Ukraine will be limited during martial law, announced the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy, Taras Vysotsky. The decision of... #grainexport #oatsExport #RyeExport #пшеницяУкраїни
Russians are stealing sunflower oil from the Zaporizhzhia region. The Russian invaders are exporting oil from the Pologi oil extraction plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, which was preparing for shipment to its foreign partners. “The sunflower plant was preparing pro... #LyudmilaDenisova #RussianAgression #SunflowerOil
Ukraine has enough food reserves for the whole country. There are enough reserves in the controlled territories of Ukraine to provide food for all 40 million Ukrainians, said the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy, Taras Vysotsky. The Deputy Ministe... #Agriculture #TarasVysotskyi #UkraineFoodreserves
Russia continues to block millions of tons of Ukrainian grain bound for export. Russia has blocked all seaports and trade routes through which Ukrainian grain was exported worldwide. As a result, millions of tons of grain remain stranded in Ukrainian ports. Russia’s action... #BlackSeaPorts #RussiaBlocksPorts #UkrainianSeaPorts #пшеницяУкраїни
Ukraine’s grain harvest is expected to be 35% lower. This year, Ukrainian farmers expect a harvest of 65% of last year’s total. The lower total will result because they were able to carry out spring fieldwork on only 70% of the area planted during the p... #AgricutureUkraine #GrainHarvest #Harvest2022 #UkraineHarvest
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a series of measures to ensure food security under martial law. The ministries, the State Statistics Service, and regional administrations are instructed to regularly monitor the balance of basic foodstuffs, form and purchase foodstuffs for long-term storage, and... #FoodSecurity #foodstuffs #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will have a shortage of grain storage tanks this season. Current carry-over stocks of grains and oilseeds may amount to 25.1 million tons in Ukraine for 2021/22 MY, up 4.2 times from the previous season. This will not allow the freeing of a significant amou... #Agriculture #GrainHarvest #GrainStorage #ukraine #UkraineAgriculture
Ukraine will simplify the requirements for the export-import of agricultural products. The Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy recommended that the Ukrainian Parliament pass a bill on uninterrupted production and supply of farm products during martial law. The draft law provides for ... #Export #ExportfromUkraine #Import #UkraineExport
Ukraine needs assistance with agro-export corridors. “We need to find a way to help Ukraine organize a humanitarian corridor that will allow food to be transported by sea to other countries,” said a member of the US Congressional delegation to Kyiv, Ji... #ExportCorridors #grainexport #JimMcGovern #UkraineExport
Millions of tons of grain are trapped in the ports of Ukraine. Almost four and a half million tons of grain are blocked in Ukrainian ports by Russian naval vessels. The products cannot be exported through closed sea routes amid the Russian military invasion, sta... #AgroExport #grainexport #UkrainePorts #пшеницяУкраїни
Russians are stealing Ukrainian grain worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The Russian invaders have already exported several hundred thousand tons of grain from the temporarily occupied territories in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions. The losses of Ukr... #AgroduringWar #RussianInvasion #WarinUkraine #пшеницяУкраїни
The Ukraine land market is open during the war and is holding land auctions. More than 5,000 online land sales and lease auctions have been announced in the Prozorro.sales system. The total value of all lots is UAH 1.4B ($43M). Of the 5,000 auctions announced, almost 1,800 ar... #LandMarket #ProZorro #UkraineFarmland #UkraineLand
Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kirill Petkov. The Prime Minister of Bulgaria had a briefing with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, discussing possible areas of cooperation between the countries. Bulgaria plans to promote th... #BulgariaandUkraine #KirillPetkov #PetkovinKyiv #Zelenskyy
