Additional restrictions on the import of Ukrainian food products to the EU may prolong the war. The Minister of Agricultural Policy, Mykola Solsky, believes that attempts by France and Poland to expand restrictions on importing Ukrainian products to the EU “will increase the chances for th... #agroexportukraine #FarmersProtest #MykolaSolsky #TradeAgreement #TradeVisaFree
The EU has postponed approval of the trade agreement with Ukraine, while discussions are ongoing. The Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU postponed approval of the trade agreement with Ukraine by the ambassadors of 27 countries to March 27. France and Poland, with the support of countries ... #agroexportukraine #EUCouncil #SupportUkraine #TradeAgreement #TradeRestriction
Ukraine and Poland are moving toward resolution of the trade dispute. The parties have made great progress on the issue of market regulation, and negotiation might finish this week, Polish Development Minister Krzysztof Hetman said. The Economic Committee of the Ukraini... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #KrzysztofHetman #TradeAgreement #UkrainePolandTrade
Due to export issues with the EU, Ukraine is reorienting its sugar exports: 20% was purchased by three African countries. Since the beginning of March, Ukrainian sugar producers began actively selling their products on the African continent. This alternative direction appeared following active lobbying to ban the sale of... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #SugarExport #SugarProduction
The EU has already agreed to extend the preferential trade regime with Ukraine, but is still considering European farmers’ interests. The Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a preliminary agreement on continuing trade liberalization measures for Ukraine. The temporary suspension of import duties and quotas to export Ukraini... #agroexportukraine #EuropeanParliament #TradeAgreement #TradeLiberalization #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
France and Poland propose to limit the import of Ukrainian products to the EU, although Ukrainian exports do not pressure prices in Poland. France supported Poland’s calls to restrict the export of agricultural products from Ukraine to the EU. According to EC estimates, this will cost Ukraine €1.2B in trade revenues. France also thr... #agroexportukraine #FarmersProtest #GrainEmbargo #UkrainianGrainTransit
The victory over the Russian fleet has helped to overcome the collapse of grain exports by sea. Since August, Ukraine has launched a series of attacks on Russian military ships and naval facilities, destroying a fifth of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. This allowed Ukraine to close the Russian navy... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaPorts #RussianFleetAttack #RussianMilitaryShips #UkraineMaritimeCorridor
Ukrainian agrarians predict an 8% smaller harvest of grain and oil crops this year, hence a drop in exports. The Ukrainian Grain Association predicts that the 2024 harvest will amount to 76.1 million tons of grain and oilseed, which is 6.5 million tons, or 8%, less than last year. A potential decrease in the... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvest #Harvest2024 #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine and Poland are close to signing an agreement on joint customs control and are discussing mutual licensing of agricultural product exports. Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Serhiy Derkach said, following the ninth Polish-Ukrainian intergovernmental commission meeting, that Ukraine and Poland are finalizing a draft of the agreement on joi... #agroexportukraine #CustomsUkraine #CzesławSiekierski #ExportLicensing #PolandUkrainetrade #SerhiiDerkach
The EC calls the problems on the Ukrainian-Polish border temporary and explains their causes. The Vice-President of the EC, Valdis Dombrovskis, explains that the problems on Ukraine’s border with Poland are a short-term consequence of the Russian war. More precisely, they are echoes from... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #ValdisDombrovskis
Ukraine and Poland will meet in Lviv on March 11 to discuss the border blockade and trade. On Monday, Ukraine and Poland will hold the ninth meeting of the Ukrainian-Polish Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and Ministe... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #IrynaVereshchuk #KrzysztofHetman #UkrainePoland
The logistics cost of exporting agricultural products to the ports of Odesa has decreased by 33%. Logistics costs for the export of farm products through the ports of Odesa in 2023 decreased by 33% compared to 2022, and shipping through the Romanian port of Constanta via the Danube ports by 40%, a... #agroexportukraine #ConstantaPort #DanubePorts #GrainLogistics #SeaExport #SeaPortsUkraine #UkraineEconomy
How will Poland’s total embargo on Ukrainian farm imports affect Ukraine? Poland is confidently moving toward a complete, indefinite embargo on Ukrainian food. The NBU reports that exports of food products to Poland last year amounted to $1.8B, or 8% of total food exports. ... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #GrainEmbargo #UkrainePolandTrade #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Ukraine is exporting more and more by sea as rail transportation of grain across the western borders falls by 23%. Almost 30 million tons of goods were exported through the Ukrainian sea corridor in seven months. According to the Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov, the volume of goods shipped through th... #agroexportukraine #grainexport #OleksandrKubrakov #UkraineMaritimeCorridor #UkrainianRailways
Ukraine is ready for EU trade restrictions on the condition that imports from Russia stop. Ukraine is prepared to accept restrictions on trade with the EU to defuse a sharp political dispute with Poland. At the same time, Kyiv calls on the bloc to ban the import of Russian agricultural prod... #agroexportukraine #TarasKachka #TradeAgreement #TradeRestriction #UkraineTrade
The Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine assesses the profitability of the farm sector. In 2024, profitability will increase for all grain and oil crops. This is forecast provides that the situation with security and exports utilizing sea transport will not become more complicated, and t... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #FarmersUkraine #GrainHarvest
Ukraine plans to reach the pre-war agricultural product export indicators; the main trade route is the Black Sea. In February, Ukraine exported more than five million tons of agricultural products via the Black Sea, Deputy Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council Denys Marchuk said. He clarified that, befor... #agroexportukraine #agroukriane #BlackSeaPort #DanubePorts #DenysMarchuk
Ukraine’s losses from the border blockade have reached ₴20B: Though the EP will continue free trade with Ukraine, the EU is tightening export controls. The profile committee of the European Parliament plans to continue the free trade zone with Ukraine this week, said Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyy. He added this is ... #AdinaValean #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #TarasVysotskyi #UkraineEconomy
Ukraine does not predict a quick end to the farmers’ protests in Poland, so it is reorienting logistics and preparing long-term solutions. The Minister of European Integration of Ukraine, Olha Stefanishyna, said that after several meetings between Ukrainian and Polish authorities, there is an understanding that the farmers’ protest... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #OlhaStefanishyna #PolishFarmers
The Polish border blockade extends to Germany and Lithuania, and Polish carriers will join the farmers on the Ukrainian border. Polish carriers plan to resume their protests on the Ukrainian border starting March 1. Their protests had paused in January of this year. According to RMF FM, the carriers want to join the blocking o... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #EUfarmers #FarmersProtest #PolishCarriers #Zelenskyy
While Ukraine is working to unblock its borders, Poland is preparing significant restrictions on Ukrainian products. Polish authorities plan to restrict Ukrainian products such as sugar, poultry meat, eggs, frozen raspberries, apple juice, sunflower, and rapeseed oil. Thus, the restrictions on grain are planned to b... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #DenysShmyhal #GrainEmbargo
Ukraine exported 30 million tons of agricultural products by waterways in seven months. Over 30 million tons of Ukrainian farm products were exported through the ports of Odesa and the Danube in almost seven months (since August 2023), which is 93% of Ukraine’s total exports, the Ministr... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaPort #DanubePorts #OleksandrKubrakov #UkraineMaritimeCorridor
The EU will extend visa-free trade with Ukraine and Moldova. The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU agreed on a mandate for negotiations on the continuation of the suspension of tariffs and duties on imports from Ukraine and Moldova. Proposals rel... #agroexportukraine #EuropeanIntegration #FreeTradeAgreement #MoldovaTrade #TradeVisaFree #UkraineEUtrade
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 re... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #DanubeGrainRoute #OleksandrKubrakov #UkrainianRailways #ValeryTkachov
How has the Polish border blockade affected international trucking? As of February 19, the volume of agricultural products exported over roads amounted to 265,000 tons, compared to 138,000 tons in January and 246,000 tons in December. The largest contributions to tota... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #Cargotransportation #UkrainianCarriers #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Polish farmers have blocked the railway and dumped grain from the wagons. The Polish government has called for an end to the blockade and suggested a full embargo on agricultural goods from Ukraine. On the morning of February 20, Polish farmers intensified their protests ne... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #KrzysztofHetman #PolishFarmers
While Ukraine is cutting exports and Poland is blocking its borders, the EU is increasing grain imports from Russia by 900%. The actual volume of grain exports by Ukraine since the beginning of the 2023/2024 marketing year as of February 19 is 27.06 million tons, which is 10.7% less than in the previous season. At the same ... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #RussianGrain #Ukrainiangrain
The Czech Republic has proposed a new way to resolve problems with agricultural exports from Ukraine. Representatives from political parties in the Czech Republic, including opposition parties, together with the country’s Agrarian Chamber, have agreed on the possibility of introducing customs duties i... #agroexportukraine #CzechRepublic #EUfarmers
One of the largest agricultural holdings of Ukraine delivered its products to 44 countries and increased export turnover by 17%. In 2023, Astarta Holding, the largest producer of sugar in Ukraine, delivered more than one million tons of its products to world markets and received €325M in export earnings, 17% more than in 2022. ... #agroexportukraine #AgroholdingAstarta #SugarExport #UkraineMaritimeCorridor
Poland refuses to build an oil pipeline from Ukraine. In Poland, a decision has not yet been made regarding the possible construction of a pipeline for the transportation of edible oil from Jagodin, the Volyn region of Ukraine, to the port of Gdansk. The... #agroexportukraine #EdibleOilPipeLine #UkrainePoland
Reduction in production and closure of enterprises: How do EU export restrictions threaten the Ukrainian agricultural sector? According to the top manager of the Poultry Union of Ukraine, Serhiy Karpenko, the EU is the primary market for selling several agro-food products from Ukraine. The EU market remains essential for the... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #PoultryFarmUkraine #SerhiyKarpenko #TradeVisaFree
Ukraine can export a record amount of soybeans this season. According to the results of the September-January 2023/24 marketing year, the export of soybeans from Ukraine reached almost 1.9 million tons, which was 17% higher than in the same period of the previ... #agroexportukraine #Soybeansexport #SoybeansUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
The Ukrainian maritime corridor has exported more goods than the UN-brokered grain agreement. Thanks to the sea corridor secured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine has already managed to export more goods than it did in the same amount of time within the framework of the Grain Agreement si... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaCorridor #GrainCorridors #SeaExport #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Poland wants to introduce additional taxes and quotas for Ukrainian products. Poland is considering the introduction of an 8% value added tax on oil and restrictions on sugar imports from Ukraine. Michal Kołodziejczak, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland, has supported the... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #MichalKolodziejczak #TradeAgreement #TradeVisaFree
Polish and Hungarian farmers will protest at the border against imports from Ukraine. Polish farmers announced that on February 9, all border crossings with Ukraine will be blocked. In addition, temporary road closures will begin in some voivodships, lasting until March 10. Farmers are... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #HungarianFarmers #KristalinaGeorgieva #PolishFarmers
The EC extended preferential import status for Ukraine, but the most profitable categories will be limited. The updated rules for Ukrainian agricultural imports to the EU, which will be in effect until June 6, 2025, restrict the import of Ukrainian sugar, poultry meat, and eggs, some of the most profitable ... #agroexportukraine #JanuszWojciechowski #TradeAgreement
Which countries imported the most Ukrainian agricultural products? Last year, Romania topped the ranking of the largest importers of Ukrainian farm products for the first time, buying $2.87B of them. This coutnry’s share in the domestic export of agricultural product... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainEmbargo #UkrainianFlour
Here are the restrictions for Ukraine in the new trade agreement with the EU. The latest draft agreement on trade preferences between Ukraine and the EU, which the European Commission plans to extend until June 6, 2025, provides restrictions on exporting Ukrainian sugar, poultr... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainEmbargo #TradeAgreement #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Ukrainian entrepreneurs will be punished for violating the rules for exporting agricultural products to some EU countries. As Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi said during an online meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Kyryll Vatev, the government has adopted a resolution that improves the rules ... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #KyryllVatev #MykolaSolsky #UkrainianGrainTransit
Ukraine has significantly increased its exports by sea, but freight has become more expensive. Vessels with a combined deadweight of 8.8 million tons entered Ukrainian seaports in December 2023, 92% more than in November. Because of the temporary sea corridor’s operation, the proportion of tran... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaCorridor #BlackSeaPort #SeaPortsUkraine #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Belgium in the Council of the EU: the liberalization of trade with Ukraine will continue, but the bloc will seek joint solutions to meet the demands of European farmers. David Clarinval, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium, which holds the EU presidency, said: “Member countries have once again demonstrated solidarity with Ukraine. The EC will soon announce a pr... #agroexportukraine #DavidClarinval #TradeLiberalization
The EU is preparing “specific” restrictions for the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. This week, the European Commission will present changes to EU trade legislation that will introduce restrictions on the importation of Ukrainian farm products to countries neighboring Ukraine, said EC... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #ValdisDombrovskis
Ukraine’s largest grain market operator is asking USAID to expand its railroad fleet. The Nibulon company wants to expand its railcar fleet by 250 units and has asked USAID to finance this initiative. Mykhailo Rizak, the grain trader’s top manager, recalled that in 2023, USAID helped N... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #nibulon #UkrainianRailways #USAID
Ukraine’s allies recognize the importance of the Ukrainian maritime corridor and seek investment in its export capacity. Penny Pritzker, the US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, believes that US support for the Ukrainian economy is no less critical for defeating the Russian Federation than military... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaCorridor #PennyPritzker #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
The EC will present trade measures for Ukraine’s agricultural products and extend the economic visa-free program. The European Commission will propose trade measures against Ukraine this week after Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary, in a joint letter, demanded import duties on Ukrainian grain, EC t... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainEmbargo #OlofGill
Ukraine remains one of the top three suppliers of agricultural products to the EU. According to the volume of agricultural imports to the EU in the period from January to October 2023, Ukraine remains in third place with an indicator of €12.843B (+ €371M, or +3% compared to the same... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Polish carriers have stopped their blockade of the border, and the EC disagrees with Poland’s demand to restore quotas for Ukrainian products. Polish carriers have reached an agreement with the government on some of their demands and will suspend their protest at the border. The Ukraine State Border Guard confirmed that Polish carriers have ... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #PolishCarriers #TradeVisaFree
Ukrainian agricultural exports have encountered another obstacle, created by the Houthis. The active phase of the allies’ military operation against the Houthi rebels in Yemen has led to a change in trade – in particular, Ukrainian agrarian export sea routes. After January 11, ... #agroexportukraine #RedSea #RedSeaCrisis #SuezCanal #Ukrainiangrain
European farmers demand restrictions on Ukrainian imports and the redirection of grain to other countries. Six European agricultural organizations call on the EU to limit the import of Ukrainian products so as not to endanger the survival of European producers. In May 2022, the EU suspended customs duties ... #agroexportukraine #FarmersUkraine #PathsOfSolidarity #Ukrainiangrain
Romania will receive €126M in grant funds to promote Ukrainian exports. Romania will receive €126M from the EU for investment in ports that have faced increased flows of goods since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This measure should facilitate Ukraine&#... #agroexportukraine #PathsOfSolidarity #RomaniaSeaPorts #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
