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discussed by the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Mykola Solsky, Poland’s minister Henryk Kowalczyk, and US minister Tom Wilsek. The parties will try to solve the main problem quickly by crossing the border and transporting agricultural products by rail to ports in Poland and other European countries. Solsky noted that Ukraine needs access to seaports in Europe, including Poland. Therefore, it is necessary to build intra-European logistics considering the priority of grain exports.
The Baltic States' seaports are the most promising for exporting Ukrainian grain. For grain exports, the best option is the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and three ports in Latvia. The government is currently working on the logistics of Ukrainian grain, said the Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky for Ukrinform. The Baltic seaports are more powerful than the Polish ones, with more developed infrastructure. They are ready to work with Ukrainian grain, especially since they have now lost transit from Belarus and Russia, said the minister. Moreover, Solsky predicts that Ukrainian exporters will face certain problems in Romanian ports in a few months due to an overload of grain products exports from Bulgaria, Serbia, and Hungary.
Ukraine has resumed pork and beef exports. Following negotiations with the European Commission and EU member states, Ukraine has agreed on the transit of pork and beef through the EU, reported the Ukraine Ministry of Agrarian Policy. Due to the blockage of seaports by Russia, Ukraine has lost the traditional export methods for its products by sea, which has led to the need to update the conditions of the import and transit of Ukrainian goods through the EU. As a result of negotiations with the European Commission and EU member states, an agreement was reached on the transit of Ukrainian products by ferry through the Romanian checkpoint Isachea-Orlivka. All parties have agreed on the transit through the EU of pork and beef and meat products and composite products from these types of meat.
Ukraine has restricted the export of buckwheat, rye, and oats. iThe export of agricultural products that might be in short supply in Ukraine will be limited during martial law, announced the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy, Taras Vysotsky. The decision of the government is designed to ensure food security in wartime and necessitates a monthly review of balance sheets. Currently, the export of buckwheat, important for the bakery industry, as well as rye and oats are limited, said Vysotsky. He also stressed that the government monitors the situation with products whose exports are subject to licensing. And it will not regulate the export of those goods that are in abundant supply.
Russians are stealing sunflower oil from the Zaporizhzhia region. The Russian invaders are exporting oil from the Pologi oil extraction plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, which was preparing for shipment to its foreign partners. “The sunflower plant was preparing product for shipment to foreign partners who are already experiencing a shortage of high-quality Ukrainian products. Before the occupation, it was one of the largest budget-generating enterprises in the Pologi district," said Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova. Ukraine is the world's largest producer and exporter of sunflower oil. However, since the beginning of Russia's military aggression, exports have stopped, and Europe is already preparing for a shortage of this product.
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