On Monday, Russia blocked ship inspections in the Bosphorus for the second time. According to the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, since April 10 the Russian contingent in the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul unilaterally stopped registering vessels originating from Ukr... #GrainAgreement #ShipInspection #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine concerned over significant potential losses from the export ban on agricultural products to EU countries. These losses will be significant due to the ban on transit and a stoppage of the Grain Initiative, said the head of the parliamentary committee on Finance, Danylo Hetmantsev. According to him, Hungary... #agroexportukraine #DanyloHetmantsev #GrainfromUkraine
The Zhytomyr region plans to attract $5M to grow industrial hemp. According to a former mayor of Glukhov, Michel Tereshchenko, the region is developing a cultivation cluster for technical industrial hemp to revive the country’s textile industry. It is assumed that p... #HempCultivation #MichelTereshchenko #TextileIndustryUkraine
The Netherlands allocates €100M for agricultural companies, and Spain and the EBRD provide another €100M in guarantees for Ukraine’s food security. The funds will also go towards the purchase of generators to ease the course of the next winter, said Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher. So, €40M is targeted as financing for agricult... #agroUkraine #LiesjeSchreinemacher #LoansforFarmers #NetherlandsAid
Bulgaria complains to the European Commission about Ukrainian grain. The country demands additional protection for its agricultural producers and reminds the EC about the €16.75M provided in the EC’s crisis reserve. The state’s position was voiced by the Minister of Ag... #GrainfromUkraine #Ukrainiangrain #YavorGenov
The UN predicts the world’s second-largest wheat harvest. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the 2023 global wheat harvest will be about 786 million tons, the second largest output on record and only 1.3% below t... #FAO #UkraineWHeatharvest #WheatHarvest
Ukraine will temporarily stop grain exports to Poland and update transit rules, while Hungary seeks to impose restrictions. Ukraine and Poland will develop new regulations for the transit of crops during the next week, agreed agriculture ministers of both countries, Mykola Solskyi and Robert Telus. According to Solskyi, th... #MykolaSolsky #RobertTelus #UkraineGrainExport
World food prices decreased during the last year. Wholesale food prices fell for the 12th consecutive month due to lower global quotations for grain and vegetable oils. The FAO food price index in March 2023 was 126.9 points, 2.1% less than the previ... #FAO #WorldFoodPrices
Farmers warn of further product price increases in Ukraine. Yield indicators in 2023 will be negatively affected by the reduction of cultivated areas, increases in fertilizer prices, the mobilization of farmers, and the reorientation from grain crops to oilsee... #agroUkraine #FarmersUkraine #IvanSlobodianyk
Bayer reveals its €60M investment plans in Ukraine. The German company Bayer will increase the planned €35M investment package to €60M in order to expand a plant that produces corn seeds in Pochuyki, Zhytomyr region. The funds will be used for the cons... #AgroInvestments #Bayer #CornProductionUkraine
Ukrainian Railways increased exports of all goods except for grain. In March, the company exported 5.3 million tons of freight (+73.4%) compared to last year’s period and a 4% increase from February, said UZ top manager Valery Tkachov. In March, UZ reached recor... #UkraineGrainExport #UkrainianRailways #ValeryTkachov
Foreign companies will invest in Ukraine’s agricultural sector if they have war-risk insurance. The Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy, Denys Bashlyk, believes that foreigners will invest in Ukraine’s agricultural sector of Ukraine only with the provision of war-risk insurance for businesses. Ba... #AgroInvestments #agroUkraine #DenysBashlyk #RobertHabek
In March Ukraine set a record for the export of agricultural products since the beginning of the war. Ukraine shipped 7.8 million tons of farm products last month, which is 12% more than in February. This is the largest figure since the beginning of the war, said the Ukrainian Agrarian Business Club. ... #agroexportukraine #UkraineExport #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine increased sugar exports fivefold, particularly to Europe. During the seven months of the current marketing year, September 2022 – August 2023, Ukraine exported 265,000 tons of sugar, which is 4.8 times more than during the previous marketing year, note... #NazarMykhailovin #SugarExport #SugarProductionUkraine
The World Bank has restructured $132M as soft loans for Ukrainian farmers. The WB, within the framework of the Acceleration of Private Investments in the Agriculture of Ukraine program, which began in 2019 with a total volume of $200M, will allow the use of the remaining $13... #agroUkraine #FarmersUkraine #WorldBankLoan
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria are asking for relief of the problem of the Ukrainian agricultural product surplus. The leaders of these five EU member states declared an oversaturation of their domestic agricultural product markets because Ukrainian goods do not reach their destinations. The prime ministers of Pol... #agroexportukraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The WB is considering additional assistance to restore Ukraine’s agricultural sector. At a meeting with the Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine, Mykola Solskyi, and the leadership of the World Bank, discussions were held regarding both the creation of new programs and financing ... #agroUkraine #GrantsForFarmers #MykolaSolsky
Ukraine decides to sow more vegetables this year due to rising prices. The increase in planted area will help to achieve a bigger harvest than last year, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotskyi said. He added that the ministry is working to fill the market... #AgroHarvestUkraine #SowingUkraine #TarasVysotskyi
Ukraine exported 3.8 million tons of agricultural products in the first half of March. As the Ministry of Agrarian Policy notes, this is 100,000 tons more than in the last 15 days of February. The volume of agricultural exports for the first 15 days of March is comprised of 53.3% corn, ... #agroexportukraine #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine continues to develop the Grain from Ukraine program – Spain and France have provided an additional €20.4M. Over the weekend, 30,000 tons of humanitarian grain were sent to Yemen as part of the program with the help of the US, Spain, and France. US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink emphasized that 65% of ... #BridgetBrink #GrainExportUkraine #GrainfromUkraine
The extension of the grain initiative has caused a collapse in global prices for wheat and corn. According to Bloomberg, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to a sharp rise in wheat futures in the first half of 2022 on fears of severe supply disruptions, reported Bloomberg. The introduction of... #GrainAgreement #wheatfutures #WorldGrainPrices
Kyiv says the grain agreement has been extended for 120 days, but Russia says for 60. Ukraine’s government informed observers of a 120-day extension of the grain initiative agreement. Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov noted that this means that Ukraine will be able to continue to expor... #GrainAgreement #OleksandrKubrakov #RecepTayyipErdoğan
Turkey has become the leading supplier of fruit to Ukraine. In 2022, Ukraine imported 220,000 tons of fruit from Turkey, the highest figure among countries supplying this product, the Institute of Agrarian Economics says. It is expected that the country will r... #AgroExport #FruitImportUkraine #TurkeyExport
Ukraine expects to maintain this year’s agricultural exports at the previous $20B. Farmers can sow and harvest at least twice as much grain this year as Ukrainians will consume. These grain volumes will maintain the agricultural sector’s export potential at the previous year’s level... #agroexportukraine #farmingukraine #TarasVysotskyi
Last year, Ukraine and the EU increased agricultural trade by 39%. The trade amount reached $16.5B, with a $9.7B surplus, the highest figure recorded during the association agreement, which surpasses the previous record of $11.9B by 39%, the Institute of Agrarian Eco... #agroexportukraine #foreignTrade #UkraineEUtrade
Ukrainian scientists predict that two years of war will reduce the grain harvest by 60%. The forecasted gross harvest of grain in 2023 may amount to 34 million tons, which is 37% less than the figure for 2022 and 60% less than 2021, the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine sai... #agroUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
The US has increased the forecast for the export of Ukrainian corn. On March 8, the US Department of Agriculture updated the global estimates for the balance of major crops in the 2022/23 marketing year. Wheat and corn production indicators in Ukraine remain at the pr... #agroexportukraine #CornHarvest #UkrainianCorn
Businesses call on the UN and Turkey to unblock the grain initiative. The EBA, the ACC in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business have prepared a joint appeal. The parties have called on the UN and Turkey to unblock the Black Sea Grain Initiative and ensure... #GlobalFoodSecurity #GrainAgreement #UkraineExport
The EU will help local farmers hurt by cheap Ukrainian grain. The European Commission is preparing a decision to help farmers who suffer losses due to the importation of Ukrainian grain into the EU market. At the same time, European Commissioner for Agriculture ... #Farmers #JanuszWojciechowski #Ukrainiangrain
In the new season, Ukraine has exported about 32 million tons of grain and increased flour export. In the current marketing year (from July 2022 to February 27), Ukraine exported 31.8 million tons of cereals and legumes. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy stated that the exported grains include 11.2 m... #agroexportukraine #UkraineGrainExport
Poland replaced China as the leader among importers of Ukrainian agricultural products. Since the war began, Ukraine’s geography of farm export supply has changed, according to analysis from the Institute of Agrarian Economics. In 2022, Ukraine exported agricultural products worth $23.6B... #agroexportukraine #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade
Ukraine wants to extend the grain initiative and include the Mykolaiv seaport. This week, Ukraine will officially propose to Turkey and the UN to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative for one year and to expand it to the port of Mykolaiv, said the Deputy Minister of Infrastruct... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #MykolaivSeaPort
Half of Ukraine’s grain is exported at a loss. According to the Mirror of the Week analysis, despite the global increase in wheat prices and food risks, half of Ukrainian wheat is exported at a 40% discount. Moreover, the price of Ukrainian corn i... #GrainExportUkraine #Ukrainiangrain #WorldGrainPrices
The Ukrainian pavilion is open at the Gulfood 2023 exhibition in Dubai. This year, Ukraine is represented by 35 producers of agricultural products. The Ukrainian pavilion at Gulfood is celebrating an anniversary – 10 years of event participation. The total area of t... #Agroexhibition #Gulfood2023
Ukraine exports livestock products to 91 countries. Over the past four years, 91 international markets have opened for Ukrainian products of animal origin, and several forms of international export certificates have been agreed upon. According to the S... #agroexportukraine #LivestockProducts #Ukraineexports
Ukraine is represented at a food exhibition in Germany by 23 companies; organic exports to the EU increased by 13% over the year. On February 14, the largest international exhibition of organic food products, BioFach 2023, started in Nuremberg, Germany. Ukraine is represented by a national pavilion with a total area of 188 squar... #BioFach2023 #OrganicFoodExport
Ukraine sent 56% of its agricultural exports to the EU. Last year, Ukraine exported $13.1B worth of farm products to the EU, which is 56% of all agricultural exports. As noted by the Ukrainian Agricultural Export Association, this is primarily due to force... #agroexportukraine #FarmProductsExport #UkrainianExports
Ukraine’s grain exports this marketing year decreased by a third. The actual volume of grain exports by Ukraine since the beginning of the 2022-2023 marketing year (July 2022-June 2023) as of February 6 is 27.69 million tons. This is 29.4% or 11.520 million tons les... #UkraineExport #UkraineGrainExport #Ukrainiangrain
Despite a 16% drop last year, agricultural exports were the second largest total in Ukraine’s history. Last year, Ukraine exported $23.4B worth of farm food products, 16% less than in 2021. However, this indicator is the second largest in the independent history of Ukraine, despite the full-scale war. ... #agricultural #agroexportukraine #UkraineForeignTrade
Serbia and Canada have opened their markets for bees and rendered fats. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has agreed on a veterinary certificate to export live bee packages from Ukraine to Canada. This certificate enables Ukrainian producers to export to Canada n... #agroexportukraine #apiculture #BeesExportUkraine
Last year, the share of agricultural products in Ukrainian exports was 53%. In 2022, the share of products of the agro-industrial complex in the overall structure of exports of goods from Ukraine was about 53%, said the Deputy Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, D... #agroexportukraine #DenysMarchuk #UkraineExport
Ukraine opened 12 new export markets in the livestock sector. Last year, the country received 22 international veterinary certificates for product export by Ukrainian agricultural companies. In 2022, Ukraine started exporting to Albania, Georgia, the Dominican R... #agroexportukraine #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade
In Ukraine, grain rail transportation has become cheaper. The average cost of transporting grain by Ukrainian Railways (UZ) owned wagons decreased by 36% from December 2022 to January 2023, says Valery Tkachev, the company’s top manager. He specified t... #exportbyrail #RailTransportation #UkrainianRailways #ValeryTkachov
The US Department of Agriculture predicts a 2.4% increase in Ukraine’s wheat harvest. The US Department of Agriculture increased the wheat harvest forecast in Ukraine by 2.4% in the current marketing year, July 2022/June 2023. According to the updated estimates from the USDA, in the 20... #CornHarvest #GrainHarvestForcast #UkraineWHeatharvest
Unharvested corn is still in Ukrainian fields, and its quality is deteriorating daily. In Ukraine, a significant amount of the corn crop remains unharvested, the quality of which will suffer, said Minister of Agriculture Mykola Solskyi. He clarified that at the beginning of winter, one-... #CornHarvest #MykolaSolsky #UkrainianCorn
Ukraine and Ghana have discussed the creation of food storage logistics hubs. During the meeting, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, Mykola Solskyi, and the Minister of Food of the Republic of Ghana, Owusu Afriyie Akoto, discussed the issue of launching a joint project... #LogisticsHubAfrica #MykolaSolsky #OwusuAfriyieAkoto #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine set a record for exporting dairy products to Europe. As Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotskyi said, in the export structure, the agricultural sector comprised 53% of the total figure last year. More than $23B worth of products were expo... #agroexportukraine #MilkExport #TarasVysotskyi
Ukraine wants to partner with Senegal to create an African agriculture hub. According to the Minister of Agriculture, Mykola Solskyi, who visited Senegal, Ukraine is ready to increase the export volume of agricultural products and to consider the possibility of implementing n... #MykolaSolsky #SenegalAgroHub #Ukrainiangrainexport
The pace of Ukrainian agricultural exports has reached pre-war indicators. During the last four months, the average monthly export rate of Ukrainian farm products reached pre-war indicators. In total, Ukraine managed to export more than 50 million tons of grain and oil crops... #agroexportukraine #TarasVysotskyi #UkrainianExport
The first Ukrainian agricultural satellite has begun operating in orbit. EOS Data Analytics has successfully launched a satellite that is a component in the world’s first agro-oriented constellation. The company said that the satellite has transmitted telemetry and d... #AgroSatellite #MaxPolyakov #UkrainianSatellite
