Ukraine exports about 40 million tons of grain this season, and the shipment rate has increased by 100%. Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotskyi stated: “Due to difficult climate conditions, this year’s harvest is somewhat smaller than last year’s. Also, there are no transiti... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #TarasVysotskyi #UkrainePolandCheckpoints #Ukrainiangrain
Falling prices had an even greater impact on the reduction of Ukrainian exports than the border blockade. The reduction of Ukrainian exports occurred not only due to the negative impact from the Polish border blockade. According to experts, the main blow to the growth of Ukrainian exports is the reduction... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #UkraineExport #UkraineMaritimeCorridor #UkraineTrade #Ukrainetradedeficit
Ukraine lost up to $400M in imports due to the border blockade in February; exports are close to pre-war levels. According to the NBU, in February there was no increase in the import of goods, which is typical for this month, due to the resumption of the blockade of the western borders. Thus, import losses amoun... #BorderBlockade #nbu #UkraineEconomy #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade #UkraineImport
Ukraine and Poland could not agree on unblocking the border; more time is needed. Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi commented on the meeting results in the tripartite format, Ukraine-Poland-EU. Negotiations on the issues of unblocking the border and finding common position... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #JanGrabiec #MykolaSolsky #OlhaStefanishyna
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
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’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
Poland will introduce border checkpoints to the list of critical infrastructure so that aid will arrive without delays; the countries’ governments will meet on March 28. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that in a few hours, the checkpoints on the border with Ukraine will be added to the list of critical infrastructure objects. “To provide a 100% guarantee ... #BorderBlockade #BorderInfrastructure #DonaldTusk #UkrainePolandCheckpoints #Zelenskyy
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 situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border is worsening: the economies of both countries are suffering. On February 20, Ukrainian transporters will start a peaceful protest at three checkpoints with Poland – Rawa-Ruska, Krakowiec, and Shehyni. In this way, carriers in Ukraine are protesting the bl... #BorderBlockade #FreeTradeAgreement #OleksandrKubrakov #PolishCarriers #UkrainianCarriers
Poland and Ukraine are approaching the resolution of their trade dispute. Poland’s Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski said: “We are negotiating a bilateral agreement with Ukraine to establish certain rules that will determine the size of quotas for certain ... #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #DenysShmyhal #DonaldTusk #TradeAgreement #TradeVisaFree #UkrainePoland
Despite the border blockade, Poland remains Ukraine’s largest export partner. In January 2024, Ukraine exported the most goods to Poland ($334M), despite Polish farmers blocking the border. According to customs data, January’s top three export partners also included Spain... #BorderBlockade #UkraineImport #UkraineTrade #UkraineTradeTurnover #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
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
Analysts calculate the damage caused by the border closure and give their forecast for the coming months. The blockade of Ukraine’s western borders by protesters since the fall of 2023 has led to decreased exports and imports. At the same time, the flow of goods was quickly directed in other ways. T... #BorderBlockade #nbu #UkraineEconomy #UkraineEconomyLosses #UkrainePolandCheckpoints #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Ukraine’s largest forest consumer announces losses due to the border blockade. State enterprise Forests of Ukraine put up more than one million cubic meters of wood for auction, director Yuriy Bolokhovets said. This record amount of timber was accumulated through unsold output d... #BorderBlockade #ForestsOfUkraine #UkraineEconomy #YuriyBolokhovets
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
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
Ukraine increased the total volume of its exports by 112,000 tons. In 2023, Ukraine increased exports by 112,000 tons to almost 100 million tons of goods. At the same time, in value terms, the indicator fell by 18.7% to $35.8B. Despite the general decline in the expo... #BlackSeaCorridor #BorderBlockade #UkraineForeignTrade #UkraineTrade #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
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
Ukraine and Poland agree on steps to open the border and to simplify the common border crossing with Moldova. During a meeting in Kyiv on December 22, representatives from Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Ukrainian officials agreed on an action plan to unblock the border. In Warsaw, the Minister ... #BorderBlockade #DariuszKlimczak #OleksandrKubrakov #PolishCarriers #transportvisafree
Ukrainian and Polish businesses are working on a solution to unblock the border starting February 1. The Federation of Employers of Ukraine has published the results of negotiations between Polish and Ukrainian business representatives regarding the reopening of the border crossings. “One of th... #BorderBlockade #PolandUkraine #PolishCarriers #transportvisafree #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Ukraine’s foreign trade deficit decreased by 30%. According to the results from November, the foreign trade deficit in Ukraine decreased to $2.12B ($2.96B in October). Imports of goods amounted to $5.07B, which is 10.1% less compared to October, whil... #BorderBlockade #Foreigntradedeficit #UkraineEconomy #UkraineForeignTrade #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
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
Donald Tusk announces Poland’s decision to unblock the border with Ukraine and demanded Western aid to our country. The Seimas of Poland voted to elect the leader of the Civil Coalition, Donald Tusk, to the post of Prime Minister. On December 13 Tusk will be sworn in and then will represent Poland at the EU Council... #BorderBlockade #DonaldTusk #PolishCarriers #transportvisafree
The new PM of Poland promises to unblock the border with Ukraine and announces the shifting of the Hungarian government toward Russia’s position. The new head of the Polish government, Donald Tusk, criticized the current government’s actions and said that he will immediately correct the problem of blocked cargo transportation at the borde... #BorderBlockade #DonaldTusk #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
Poland has opened the largest cargo checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, but two more countries have begun blockades. Poland has unblocked the Yagodin-Dorohusk cargo checkpoint, announced Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. He noted that as of 2:00 p.m. on December 11, stable truck traffic was restored, an... #BorderBlockade #CheckpointForTrucks #OleksandrKubrakov #PolishCarriers
Ukraine has lost almost ₴10B through the Polish border blockade; The EC seeks to preserve transport visa-free. Ukraine’s losses are associated with a 40% export drop due to blocked checkpoints. The state budget of Ukraine lost ₴9.3B due to the loss of these customs payments, said the head of the specialized pa... #AdinaValean #BorderBlockade #DanyloHetmantsev #transportvisafree #UkraineEconomy
Ukraine and Poland agree on some of the conditions to unblock the border. According to the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the parties have already decided: The Ugryniv – Dołhobyczów crossing point will be opened to pass empty trucks starting December 4 Creatin... #BorderBlockade #eCherga #OleksandrKubrakov #transportvisafree #UkrainePolandCheckpoints
The Poles are protesting Ukrainian carriers, but they have significantly increased their transportation volume to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Poland’s role as a transport and automotive hub has grown. This contradicts Polish arguments that Ukrainian drivers will displace them from the EU... #BorderBlockade #PolishCarriers #UkraineImport
Which businesses in Ukraine have been most affected by the blockade of the Polish border? The European Business Association noted: “Among the EBA members, different businesses had a negative impact from the strike on their operations. These are retailers and heavy industry enterprise... #BorderBlockade #EBA #UkraineTrade #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianEnterprises
Ukraine asks the EU to monitor the Polish border and prepare to evacuate drivers. As Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Serhii Derkach said, Ukraine has officially asked its European colleagues to monitor the situation in front of checkpoints. Are dangerous goods allowed through, ho... #BorderBlockade #PolishCarriers #SerhiiDerkach #TarasVysotskyi
Food prices in Ukraine have begun to rise again. Average consumer prices for food in October increased by 1% compared to September, thereby ending the decline that had been ongoing since July of this year. The prices of vegetables (+14%), eggs (+10.... #BorderBlockade #FoodPrices #pricesinUkraine #UkraineEconomy
Slovakia wants to help rebuild Ukraine but is blocking imports and cutting military support. The government of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sees the future reconstruction of Ukraine as a benefit for the leading players in the Slovakian business community. In a new government program, Slo... #BorderBlockade #RobertFico #Slovakia #SlovakiaAidforUkraine #UkraineRecovery
Economic damage from the Polish-Ukrainian border blockade may reach $400M. The interruption of the supply of Ukrainian goods by truck through Poland will affect both the export and import of goods to Ukraine. According to preliminary calculations by the National Bank, in 202... #BorderBlockade #nbu #UkraineEconomy #UkraineForeignTrade #UkrainePolandCheckpoints
