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
Ukraine received almost $400M from the export of sugar. In 2023, sugar exports reached 506,000 tons, which allowed Ukrainian producers to earn $390M. For comparison, in 2022 181,000 tons of sugar valued at $139M were delivered to foreign markets.According ... #agroexportukraine #AgroholdingAstarta #SugarExport #SugarProductionUkraine
Ukraine has fulfilled all demands to unblock the border with Poland. As Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Serhiy Derkach stated: “Ukraine has implemented the plan we agreed to with Poland. However, the protesters have a few more demands for the Polish government.... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #SerhiiDerkach #transportvisafree #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
The Polish government has signed an agreement with farmers to open the border with Ukraine in return for restrictions on importing Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU. Polish Minister of Agriculture Czesław Siekierski and representatives from the “Deceived Village” movement signed an agreement to unblock the Medyka-Shehyni crossing point. The Polish gove... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #JanuszWojciechowski #PolishFarmers
Polish farmers want to scale up protests at the border, and the Polish government is trying to prevent a blockade. Polish farmers will resume the blockade of the Shegini-Medyka border crossing if they do not receive written confirmation that their demands will be met, protest organizer Roman Kondrow said. Farmers ... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #MichalKolodziejczak #PolishFarmers
Poland demands new rules for the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products to lift the embargo. The ban on importing Ukrainian grain to Poland will remain in place until new regulations are developed at the EU level, Polish Minister of Agriculture Czesław Siekierski said. He said that a good sol... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #GrainEmbargo #UkrainePolandCheckpoints
In the current trading season, Ukraine’s agricultural exports decreased by 27%, and farmers’ annual losses will reach $3B. From July 1 to December 15, Ukraine exported about 24 million tons of grain, oilseeds, and their processed products, which is nine million tons less than in the corresponding period last year, accordi... #agroexportukraine #AgroLossesUkraine #agroUkraine #OlegKhomenko
This year, Ukraine managed to increase the export of agricultural products by 7% and earn $22.9B. This year, Ukraine’s grain supply reached 43 million tons, up from 37 million tons in 2022, said Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotskyi. Active exports started in October. Since then, ... #agroexportukraine #GrainCorridors #TarasVysotskyi #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine has collected 78.7 million tons of new harvest and increased its agricultural exports to the EU by 11%. As of the third week of December, farmers in all regions of Ukraine have threshed 78.7 million tons of grain and oil crops: 57.86 million tons and 20.76 million, respectively. Compared to data from th... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine
Ukrainian enterprises are increasing oil crop processing. As reported by the agriculture oil association, in the 2023/24 season an increase in the internal processing of oil crops by 3.5 million tons is predicted, with the increase coming from sunflower seed... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #ProcessingPlantUkraine #SunflowerOil
Ukrainian agricultural exports will become a cornerstone in the process of European integration. Ukrainian producers of goods constantly suffer from pressure from several EU countries, which try to limit the supply of their agricultural products in various ways, said the deputy head of the All-Uk... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #DenysMarchuk #EuropeanIntegration
Ukraine priotitizes restoring shipping in the Black Sea to pre-war levels and asks for new air defense systems to increase its exports. Ukraine’s Black Sea grain corridor is performing better than expected, but stronger air defenses are needed to quicken ship loading and improve port protection, said Infrastructure Minister Olek... #agroexportukraine #AirDefenseSystems #GrainCorridors #OleksandrKubrakov #PortInfrastructureUkraine
Ukraine’s output from the export of agricultural products fell by 7%. In January-November, Ukraine exported agricultural food products worth $19.637B, 7% less than in the corresponding period of 2022, according to the analysis from the Institute of Agrarian Economics. A... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #BorderBlockade #GrainCorridors
Due to Russian aggression this year, Ukraine exported 26.4% less grain. The actual volume of grain exports by Ukraine since the beginning of the 2023/2024 marketing year as of December 13 is 14.697 million tons, which is 26.4% less than in the same period last year. Meanw... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
The volume of Ukrainian food exports by road transport is gradually recovering after the partial opening of the border with Poland. It is noted that Ukrainian food exports by road reached 142,000 tons by December11, compared to 187,000 tons for the same period in November. There is a gradual recovery of transport flows on the bord... #agroexportukraine #RoadTransportAgreements #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Romania is further increasing Ukrainian agricultural exports through the Black Sea. Among their steps is the creation of an anchorage in the port of Constanta, the construction of which is planned to be completed in March 2024, said the general director of The Ukrainian Danube Shippi... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaCorridor #ConstantaPort #DanubeShippingCompany #DmytroMoskalenko
Agrarian analysts predict that Ukrainian wheat prices at seaports will increase. According to the Ukrainian Agri Council (UAC), prices for Ukrainian wheat in the seaports of the Odesa region are expected to rise. It is predicted that in Odessa, prices will go up by $3-$5 per ton i... #agroexportukraine #GrainCorridors #Ukrainiangrain #Ukrainianwheatprice #WheatExport
This year, Ukraine grew 6% of the world’s grain production. Thhe Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) notes that in 2023 farmers produced 81 million tons of gross grain harvest. “Ukraine is located on such soils that we depend on weather factors more than t... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
200 merchant ships have left Ukrainian Black Sea ports through the temporary corridor. Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov has reported that, since the beginning of the temporary corridor’s operation in the Black Sea was announced by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in August 2023 ... #agroexportukraine #BlackSeaPorts #GrainCorridors #OleksandrKubrakov #Zelenskyy #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
The EU sees no negative impact from Ukraine’s agricultural exports. The European Commission does not see significant negative consequences for European markets from Ukrainian agrarian imports. This was discussed at the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and ... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #PathsOfSolidarity #PierreBascou
French producers ask the EC to limit the import of Ukrainian sugar to the EU. French sugar beet producers are demanding that increasingly larger imports of sugar from Ukraine be re-exported outside of Europe so as not to harm local producers. Ukrainian sugar exports to the EU m... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #SugarExport #SugarProduction
UZ increased the volume of transported grain and grinding products by 5.8%. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in January-October 2023 increased the transportation volume of grain and grinding products by 5.8% year over year (1.32 million tons) to 24.26 million tons. In 10 months, 17.55... #agroexportukraine #Cargotransportation #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation
The Supreme Audit Chamber of Poland has completed an investigation into the uncontrolled import of grain from Ukraine. The cause of the “grain crisis” was the inefficient actions and decisions of the Polish government. “Implementation of tasks related to the import and trade of grain and rapeseed fro... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #Ukrainiangrain
The EC warns of difficult negotiations with Ukraine over grain exports. European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski emphasized that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine and the abolition of customs barriers, the EU market has become the largest recipie... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #JanuszWojciechowski #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine is approaching record monthly soybean exports. Ukraine has already exported 425,000 tons of soybeans in 20 days of November. If this month’s exports reach 560,000 tons, analysts said it will be an absolute record for the entirety of Ukraine&... #agroexportukraine #Soybeansexport #SoybeansUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
Due to imports from Ukraine, five neighbors of Ukraine have asked the EU to continue financial support for their agricultural sectors. Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania called on the European Commission to continue financial support for farmers affected by Ukrainian grain imports throughout 2024, Bulgarian Minister of ... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #AidForFarmers #EUfarmers #KyryllVatev
Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has changed the geography of its agricultural exports. Since the beginning of the full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine has been forced to change the geography of its agricultural exports, as a result of which the European share in January-October 2023 reac... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #BlackSeaCorridor #GrainCorridors #Ukrainiangrainexport
Due to export restrictions, a large harvest will not bring profit to Ukrainian farmers. As Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotsky said, the agricultural sector will remain unprofitable due to limited opportunities for export and low prices on the domestic market, despite a... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine #TarasVysotskyi
