Ukraine and the EU will meet regarding the agricultural dispute on September 28. Poland has put forward conditions, and the Prime Minister of Romania will travel to Kyiv. The European Commission will hold the next coordination platform meeting to resolve the Ukrainian agricultural... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #GrainExportControl #MarcelCiolacu #MiriamGarciaFerrer #Ukrainiangrain
Grain embargo: five EU countries are ready to compromise with Ukraine, but Moldova protests. Ukraine’s five bordering EU countries are prepared to consider the mechanism of joint verification and approval of supplies proposed by Ukraine, Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka said.... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #GrainExportControl #TarasKachka #WTO
Romania and Slovakia agreed to the grain trade system and lifted their bans. Ukraine and Romania will jointly develop a grain export control plan that will help protect Romanian farmers. This work will continue for the next 30 days. In particular, the Ukrainian side offered th... #agroexportukraine #Farmers #GrainEmbargo #GrainExportControl #Ukrainiangrain #WTO
Poland threatens to reduce support and expand the ban on imports from Ukraine, and Ukrainian farmers demand harsh measures against countries with extended restrictions. The Polish Minister of EU Affairs said that Poland may reduce its support to Ukraine due to the crisis arising over importing agricultural products from Ukraine. In his arguments, he referred to the v... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #GrainEmbargo #UkrainePolandTrade #WTO
Bulgaria will ban Ukrainian sunflower seeds, Slovakia considers the export control system acceptable, and Ukraine expects to expand its access to Baltic ports. Bulgaria will stop importing sunflower seeds from Ukraine soon, said Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mykola Denkov, after negotiations with farmers protesting Ukrainian agricultural imports. However, the ... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #EvikaSilina #GrainEmbargo #JozefBires #NikolaiDenkov
The Romanian port of Constanta will increase the transshipment of Ukrainian grain, and Poland is ready for negotiations. Romanian operators at the Black Sea port of Constanta are investing in the expansion of their grain handling capacity as Ukraine ramps up exports, Reuters reports. About 2.7 million tons of Ukrainian ... #agroexportukraine #ConstantaPort #GrainCrisis #RobertTelus #UkrainianGrainTransit
Ukraine proposes the creation of grain hubs in African ports. As President Zelenskyy stated, Ukraine can create hubs for millions of tons of grain annually in sensitive areas. According to him, Ukraine has already started negotiations on such possibilities. This... #agroexportukraine #AgroHub #GrainfromUkraine #GrainHubAfrica #Zelenskyy
World wheat prices are falling after the first ship left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk. According to Bloomberg, wheat futures on September 19 fell 1.3% to $5.84 per bushel after falling 2.2% the day before. Wheat futures are down about 26% this year after record harvests in parts of the ... #agroexportukraine #ChornomorskPortTerminals #OleksandrKubrakov #Ukrainiangrain #WorldWheatPrices
Ukraine offers Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia a compromise on grain export issues. Kyiv has presented the European Commission with an action plan for controlling the export of four groups of agricultural products, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The already approved procedure pro... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainEmbargo #Ukrainiangrain #WTO
Ukraine will file a lawsuit in response to unilateral export restrictions and ban imports from Poland, which might block Ukraine’s entry into the EU. Kyiv will file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization concerning the refusal of Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to lift their bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, said trade representative of U... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #RobertTelus #UkraineEU #WTO
While the EU is discussing and protesting Ukrainian grain, Ukraine has devised a way to increase its Black Sea exports. The Minister of Agriculture of Spain, Luis Planas Puchades, said that any EU member state’s unilateral ban on importing Ukrainian grain is illegal. The European Commission must determine whether... #agroexportukraine #ConstantaPort #DanubePorts #GrainEmbargo #LuisPlanasPuchades #Ukrainiangrain
The EC has rescinded the Ukrainian grain embargo, but unilateral restrictions will remain. The European Commission concluded that market violations in five EU border countries have been eliminated through the Coordination Platform’s work and the temporary grain embargo. At the same ti... #agroexportukraine #ConstantaPort #GrainEmbargo #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine has increased its export of potatoes and meat. According to EastFruit, the export of potatoes for six months reached 19,800 tons. Ukraine last exported over 10,000 tons of potatoes in 2013, when 14,700 tons were delivered to foreign markets. It is... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #MeatExport #PotatoesExport
Russian attacks have reduced the export of Ukrainian grain through the Danube ports by three million tons per month. As the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov, said, this threatens food shortages in countries that depend on Ukrainian agricultural products. According to him, since July 18 105 p... #agroexportukraine #DanubePorts #infrastructureUkraine #OleksandrKubrakov #RussianAttack #WarinUkraine
Bulgaria advocates for the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports after September 15. The National Assembly of Bulgaria has decided to support the lifting of the ban on the importation of Ukrainian agricultural products after September 15. The Minister of Agriculture of the country, Ky... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #IhorZhovkva #KyryllVatev #Ukrainiangrain
The EU is studying alternative routes for the export of Ukrainian grain through Italy and Greece. These countries could become involved in the so-called corridor of solidarity, said Miriam Garcia Ferrer, spokeswoman for the European Commission on Agriculture and Trade, Ukrainian media reported. Ac... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #MiriamGarciaFerrer #PathsOfSolidarity #Ukrainiangrain
The EU refuses to increase sugar beet production due to the threat of competition with Ukraine. Sugar producer Saint Louis Sucre (SLS), owned by Germany’s Suedzucker, has asked French farmers not to increase beet production in 2024. Otherwise, it will not be possible to avoid a drop in sug... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #Suedzucker #SugarBeets #SugarProduction
Ukrainian agricultural products do not threaten the EU internal market in any way. The Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishyna, noted that statistical data supports this. “Even in times of full-scale war, mass destruction ... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #GrainEmbargo #OlgaStefanishyna #Ukrainiangrain
The European Commission is convening a grain platform, and Ukraine has been invited. In addition to Ukraine, Moldova and five neighboring EU countries will join in discussion on the export of Ukrainian grain, said Miriam Garcia Ferrer, spokeswoman for the EC on Agriculture and Trade. ... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #MiriamGarciaFerrer #PathsOfSolidarity #Ukrainiangrain
London: Russian attacks on ports and elevators have reduced Ukraine’s ability to export grain by 33%. A British government communiqué noted that Russian strikes since July have damaged or destroyed at least 26 civilian port infrastructure facilities, warehouses, silos, and elevators, reducing Ukraine&... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #PortInfrastructureUkraine #RussianAttackonUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
Baltic and Polish ports can pass 10 million tons of Ukrainian grain annually, but exports continue through Croatian ports. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda believes that after the development of the port corridors of the Baltic Sea, it will be possible to transit up to 10 million tons of Ukrainian grain annually. As h... #agroexportukraine #GitanasNauseda #ThreeSeasInitiative #YuliyaSvyridenko
Food and metal are the primary Ukrainian exports. According to Opendatabot, during January-July of this year, the total volume of exports from Ukraine amounted to $30.3B, 8% less than in the same period of 2022. Despite the decline, among the exports... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #UkraineForeignTrade #UkrainianMetalExport #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Turkey needs a grain agreement for its interests, but the corridor can work without Russia. According to the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey, “Turkey primarily defends its interests, as it is also interested in grain, greater stability in the Black Sea region, and the realization of its econ... #agroexportukraine #blacksea #GrainAgreement #GrainCorridors #VasylBodnar
Germany continues to work on alternative routes for Ukrainian grain exports. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock voiced this at a joint press conference with her Romanian counterpart in Berlin on September 4. She sharply criticized the Russian President for blocking the ... #agroexportukraine #AnnalenaBaerbock #GrainAgreement #grainexport
The Ukrainian agricultural sector risks losing $3-4B annually due to insufficient export volumes. Currently, Ukraine exports about three million tons of grain per month. If this indicator is not increased to 5.5-6 million tons, the domestic agricultural sector may lose $3-4B per year, the Parliame... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #DmytroSolomchuk #FarmersUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
Poland plans to convince other EU members to embargo Ukrainian grain after September 15. This step will protect Polish farmers, and their interests are more important to the country’s government than any EU rules on this matter, said Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus. “... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #RobertTelus #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine will challenge the EU grain embargo if it is extended. This specifically concerns the import ban on grain to five countries of the European Union, which is valid until September 15, informed the deputy head of the president’s office, Ihor Zhovkva. “... #agroexportukraine #BorisKollar #GrainEmbargo #IhorZhovkva #UkrainianGrainTransit
Ukraine has harvested 33 million tons of new crop grain and exported 4.5 million tons. As of August 31, farmers throughout all regions of Ukraine threshed more than 33 million tons of new harvest, 29.2 million tons of grain, and more than four million tons of oil crops. The largest amou... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
Compensation for the transit of Ukrainian grain to Baltic ports will cost €600M: conditions have been put forward. The European Commission still does not have a clear decision on whether the grain embargo on several Ukrainian agricultural products will continue, European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciec... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #JanuszWojciechowski #UkrainianGrainTransit
The US is working with Romania and Moldova to increase Ukrainian grain exports across the Danube. According to a high-ranking official of the US State Department, “We are keen to support alternative routes: especially the Danube route. It remains in NATO territorial waters. So, it is very at... #agroexportukraine #DanubePorts #Ukrainiangrain
Ukrainian barley will be exported through Romania, and Lithuania wants financial support from the EU to transport grain through its ports. Due to the increased freight costs and the threat of Russian attacks on the Danube port infrastructure, the Ukrainian barley export market is shifting to road and rail logistics, agricultural market p... #agroexportukraine #MariusSkuodis #UkrainianGrainTransit
Not only imports: the transit of Ukrainian grain through Poland is at risk due to a lack of warehouses. As the State Secretary for Development of Cooperation with Ukraine, Jadwiga Emilewicz, reported, US President Joe Biden has not yet fulfilled his promise to build granaries along the Ukrainian-Polish ... #agroexportukraine #JadwigaEmilewicz #Ukrainiangrain #UkrainianGrainTransit
Romania aims to double the export of Ukrainian grain via alternative routes. Romania will double the capacity of its main Black Sea port of Constanţa and the shipping lanes on the Danube for two months to help Ukraine transport its grain, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu... #agroexportukraine #ConstantaPort #MarcelCiolacu #UkrainianGrainTransit
The second ship has left the port of Odesa after the termination of the grain corridor. On the morning of August 26, the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, Primus, finally left the port of Odesa. The ship is moving in the direction of the Bulgarian port of Varna. During its forced stay in Od... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaBlockage #GrainCorridors #OdesaSeaport
Five EU countries will demand an extension of the grain embargo through the end of this year. Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary will negotiate with the EU on extending the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain, Polish Minister of Agriculture Robert Telus said. “I want to sa... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #GrainEmbargo #RobertTelus #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine works on insurance for grain carriers with global insurers: the country will try to free its ports. According to the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Oleksandr Hryban, Ukraine is finalizing a scheme with global insurers to insure grain ships heading to and from Ukrainian Black Sea ports. The s... #agroexportukraine #GrainCorridors #MilitaryRiskInsurance #OleksandrHryban #UkrainianShipInsurance
The European Commission will subsidize the transportation of Ukrainian food but will extend the embargo. As Bloomberg writes, this issue is being discussed in meetings of representatives from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, and executives from the EU and Ukraine. The approximate cost of... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #JanuszWojciechowski
Romania plans to ensure the transit of 60% of Ukrainian grain. As the Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Čolaku, said, this goal is quite ambitious, but his country is ready to do everything necessary to achieve this result. “We hope that more than 60% of th... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #MarcelCiolacu #Ukrainiangrain
Poland risks falling under EU sanctions due to its embargo on Ukrainian agricultural products. If Poland unilaterally extends restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine after September 15, the EU will consider imposing sanctions against the country. The European Commission believes that Poland&... #agroexportukraine #EUsanctions #GrainEmbargo
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has a plan for grain export from Ukraine by sea. After the departure of the first ship from the port of Odesa since the termination of the grain agreement, the most critical tasks for Ukraine are to guarantee the safety of vessels and their crews, a... #agroexportukraine #MilitaryInsurance #TarasVysotskyi #UkrainianShipInsurance
Ukraine will not make concessions in the grain conflict with Poland. The Ukrainian government is firm in its demands that the EU cancel the unilateral restrictions on Ukrainian exports. It believes Brussels should find a solution with Poland, said Deputy Prime Minister... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #GrainEmbargo #OlgaStefanishyna #Ukrainiangrain
Romania promises to double its transit capacity for Ukrainian agricultural products. The country will increase its transit capacity for Ukrainian grain from two to four million tons per month. This decision results from negotiations between representatives of Ukraine, the US, the EU, ... #agroexportukraine #DanubePorts #SorinGrindeanu #SulinaCanal
The President of Poland believes he must protect the EU market from Ukrainian grain. Protection of the domestic market and the EU market is the duty of the Polish authorities, Andrzej Duda said. “We consistently support Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression. But the ... #agroexportukraine #AndrzejDuda #GrainEmbargo #Ukrainiangrain
Lithuania offers another way to export grain from Ukraine. After Russia’s withdrawal from the grain agreement, the port of Klaipėda may become a new gateway for Ukrainian agricultural products. Lithuania has proposed to deliver Ukrainian grain to the po... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #KlaipedaSeaPort #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, the US, and the EU met to discuss grain export through the Danube. According to the Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov, it is necessary to quicken the passage of ships through the canals, increasing the capacity of the Sulina Canal, and organizing addition... #agroexportukraine #DanubePorts #grainexport #OleksandrKubrakov #SulinaCanal
The US promises to pressure Russia to renew the grain agreement; Turkey to continue its dialogue with all parties. The US government’s position was voiced by the State Department’s spokesperson, Matthew Miller. He added that the US does not believe Russian explanations for withdrawing from the agreemen... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #HakanFidan #MatthewMiller #Russiaexport
Romania is looking for alternatives for exporting Ukrainian grain. According to Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luminita Odobescu, Bucharest has increased the transit of Ukrainian grain through Romania by expanding capacities at ports and border crossing points.... #agroexportukraine #IngridŠimonite #LuminitaOdobescu #PathsOfSolidarity #Ukrainiangrain
The Ust-Dunaisk port will replace the grain corridor: the port will be able to receive Panamax size ships. Due to the expansion of the Ust-Dunaisk seaport water area boundaries, raid transshipment will be organized, said the head of Sea Ports of Ukraine, Yuriy Lytvyn. Note that the port is located on the D... #agroexportukraine #DanubePorts #GrainAgreement #UstDunaiskPort #YuriyLytvyn
Ukraine has already gathered 16.6 million tons of new grain and improves its forecasts. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 12.5 million tons of wheat, 3.8 million tons of barley, and 300,000 tons of peas were threshed. Harvesting of winter rape also continues – 3.3 million t... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvest #HarvestUkraine2023
Ukraine increased its exports of agricultural products to the EU and Asia. In January-June 2023, the Institute of Agrarian Economics reports that the export of Ukrainian agricultural goods increased by 16% from $10.22B to $11.85B. According to experts, the main sales markets... #agroexportukraine #UkraineExport #Ukrainiangoods
