Due to the blockade of the Polish border, the Ukrainian government is planning new export routes through Hungary and Romania.

“Agrarian strikes are taking place in Poland. Today, rail transportation has already been blocked. Hungary is ready to transit these goods through its territory. Therefore, we are considering reorienting our flows and continuing to export,” said Ukrainian Railways (UZ) top manager Valery Tkachov.

In addition, Ukrainian authorities are planning an additional route for transporting goods across the Danube River to increase their exports to pre-war levels, said the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov.

“This year, we plan to remove all artificial obstacles for exporters and work on improving domestic logistics. We plan container transportation on the upper Danube,” he said, adding that this route through Romania is “more predictable than the situation on the Polish border.”

The new route will run from the Ukrainian port of Izmail to the Romanian Constanta and ports in Germany located on the Danube.