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%, and to the Polish ports of Gdansk and Gdynia by 42%. Thus, in 2022–2023, exporting agricultural products to the Romanian port of Constanta and the Polish ports of Gdansk and Gdynia was economically more profitable than to the seaports of Odesa.
In January 2024, for the first time in the last two years, the seaports of the Odesa region surpassed the Romanian port of Constanta and the Polish port of Gdansk in terms of export profitability. Due to the establishment of sea exports, transportation prices for products through Ukrainian ports, considering logistics, became more attractive than through European ports.
In general, logistics accounted for about 21% of final grain sale prices on average last year, while in 2022, it accounted for 25%.