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Romania plans to double transit capacity of Ukrainian grain. Romania plans to increase the transit capacity of Ukrainian grain from 2 million metric tons to 4 million every month, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Sorin Grindeanu said on Aug. 11, the Romanian news agency Agerpres reported.
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The volume of grain exports from Ukraine fell by almost 40% in July, when the grain deal was terminated. This is according to the statistics of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
According to the data provided on the ministry’s website, in July the volume of Ukrainian grain exports amounted to 2.29 million tons, including 840,000 tons of wheat, 1.1 million tons of corn and 350,000 tons of barley.
In June, the volume of Ukrainian exports of these crops amounted to 3.7 million tons (1.27 million tons - wheat, 2.35 million tons - corn, 80,000 tons - barley). That means that the decline in exports amounted to 38%.
According to the data of the ministry, the volume of export of grain abroad through seaports has decreased to the greatest extent. In July, it amounted to 1.67 million tons (48% of the total volume of grain exports), while a month earlier this figure was 3.12 million tons (64% of the total volume).
Romania wants to transit 60% of Ukrainian grain. Bucharest hopes that around 60% of Ukrainian grain exports could transit through Romanian territory following Russia's unilateral termination of the grain deal, the country's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on August 18, Reuters reported.
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