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 #OlhaStefanishyna #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 #OlhaStefanishyna #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
Ukraine plans to insure vessels that pass through the grain corridor. Ukraine has insured all merchant vessels that export and import goods through the Danube ports and is considering insuring ships that will pass through the grain corridor, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainCorridors #MilitaryRiskInsurance #UkrainianShipInsurance
Poland will close the border for Ukrainian products after September 15. Polish Minister of Agriculture Robert Telus said the country will close the border for Ukrainian grain after September 15. “Even if the EU does not make such a decision, we will close the border... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #RobertTelus #Ukrainiangrain
Poland will extend the ban on Ukrainian agricultural products after September 15. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus confirmed that after September 15, the ban on importing Ukrainian grain to Poland will be extended, reports polskieradio.pl. Prime Minister M... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #MateuszMorawiecki #RobertTelus #YaroslavKaczyński
The EU does not yet have the funds for the land transit of grain from Ukraine. The European Commission has no money in the budget for immediate use and no clear way to help finance the extra transport costs for Ukrainian grain exports that will accompany the end of the Black Sea... #agroexportukraine #GrainExportUkraine #JanuszWojciechowski #PathsOfSolidarity #ValdisDombrovskis
The US and its allies are working with Ukraine on alternative routes to deliver grain. The United States and its partners are working with Kyiv on alternative land routes to deliver critical grain to the world after Russia pulled out of the agreement that had permitted Ukrainian grain t... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #GrainPrices #JohnKirby #Ukrainiangrain
Five ports in the Baltic States are ready to participate in Ukrainian grain exports. The Baltic countries are prepared to provide the capacity of five large ports in their territories to participate in the safe export of Ukrainian grain to global markets, said the Minister of Foreign ... #agroexportukraine #BalticWay #GabrieliusLandsbergis #GrainAgreement
France and Germany are against the further ban on Ukrainian grain imports. At a meeting of EU agriculture ministers on Tuesday, France and Germany expressed their opposition to the further extension of the ban on Ukrainian grain imports after September 15, which is insisted ... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #MiriamGarciaFerrer #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine is looking for a compromise for grain exports; further embargoes in the EU is unacceptable. Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a meeting regarding the export of Ukrainian agricultural products against the background of Poland’s intentions to close its border for Ukrainian grain after Septem... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #Zelenskyy
Greece and Bulgaria are discussing the increase of grain transit from Ukraine. During a meeting in Athens on Monday, the Prime Ministers of Greece and Bulgaria, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikolai Denkov, discussed the problem with the transit of Ukrainian grain resulting from Russi... #agroexportukraine #GrainExportUkraine #KyriakosMitsotakis #NikolaiDenkov
Ukraine has already exported more than 1.6 million tons of cereals and legumes. In the 2023/2024 marketing year (from July 1 to 24, 2023), Ukraine exported 1.666 million tons of grains and legumes, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. It is noted that in the curre... #agroexportukraine #GrainExportUkraine #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine plans to introduce several new agricultural products to the Chinese market. The subcommittee on Ukrainian-Chinese trade and economic cooperation discussed the prospects of bringing new goods to the Chinese market by the end of the year, announced the Ukrainian government. At ... #agroexportukraine #chinaandukraine #UkraineForeignTrade
Ukraine and its allies are looking for ways to restart the grain agreement. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US and its partners will look for ways to replace the Black Sea Grain Initiative, but finding an alternative on the same scale will not be easy. Give... #agroexportukraine #AnthonyBlinken #GrainAgreement #GrainEmbargo #Ukrainiangrain
EU officials will discuss the import of agricultural products from Ukraine this week in Warsaw. A meeting of the ministers of agriculture from the five EU countries where the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain until September 15 is in effect will take place on July 19. EU officials will discus... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #GrainEmbargo #MykolaSolsky
Ukraine has increased soybean exports to a record high. In September-June of the 2022/23 marketing year, Ukraine exported almost three million tons of soybeans, which is 140% more than in the same period of the previous season. This is a record export volu... #agroexportukraine #Soybeansexport #SoybeansUkraine
The government expects the profit from agricultural exports to amount to $20B this year. According to Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotskyi, it is likely that Ukraine will be able to harvest approximately 47-50 million tons of grain this year, which is more than was forecast ... #agroexportukraine #TarasVysotskyi #Ukrainiangrain
The IMF announces the risk of Ukraine losing up to $800M monthly due to reduced agricultural exports. In particular, the International Monetary Fund expects a decrease in grain exports from Ukraine due to poor harvests and mined fields. The volume of Ukrainian grain exports is predicted to decrease to... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainExportUkraine #GrainHarvestUkraine #imf
