More than 1.3 million tons of Ukrainian cereals exported by the Black Sea thanks to the "safe corridors"
Ukraine
Published Sep 10, 2022
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Since the launch, on August 1, of the "safe corridors" in the Black Sea, applied according to the agreement reached between Ukraine and Russia, backed by the United Nations and in coordination with Turkey, "more than 1, 3 million tons of Ukrainian grain and food products,” according to Amir Abdulla, United Nations coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
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This operation, whose objective is to withdraw, in the context of the war in Ukraine, the 20 million tons of cereals (about 6.6 million tons of wheat, 13.6 million tons of corn and 400,000 tons of barley) blocked in Ukrainian ports, it has allowed, in particular, Abdulla added, "to create space in Ukrainian silos filled with millions of tons of products from previous harvests." However, "we must intensify efforts to deal with the new harvest," he warned. In this regard, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, had promised to speed up the process between now and next winter to meet the urgent needs of many African countries. Although the three Ukrainian ports (Odessa, Pivdenny and Chornomorsk) involved in the operation have the capacity to export 3.5 million tons per month, the Ukrainian government estimates that 3 million grains should be exported in September and another 4 million in October. The third countries most dependent on Ukrainian and Russian wheat imports are ...
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