Ukraine exported 1.1 million tons of grain in April

Ukraine

Published May 12, 2022

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In April 2022, Ukraine exported 1.09 million tons of grain mainly through Romanian ports, which is more than 5 times higher than in March, but in the summer it may encounter problems when exporting grain through Romania due to seasonal loading of the ports of this country. This was announced by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Solsky to journalists.

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"In April, we transported more than I expected - 1.09 million tons. This happened due to approaches: neither the Ministry of Agro-Industrial Complex, nor the Ministry of Infrastructure had a desire to centralize, monopolize or otherwise complicate the grain market from Ukraine (. . .) Previously, we exported 5 million tons per month mainly through our Black Sea ports. In March, after the start of the war, we exported about 200,000 tons in total," the minister said. According to him, most of the export deliveries were carried out through the river ports of the Danube. “We have greatly increased the number of barges, increased the number of wagons that travel. We see the greatest dynamics in Romania (. . .) Barges along the Danube from various Central European and Eastern European countries converged in large numbers in Ukrainian ports and added offers (of logistics services - IF), Solsky said. At the same time, according to him, in two months the logistics of Ukrainian agricultural ...

Source: Zol