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Cargo turnover in Ukrainian ports rises 60% in October

In October 2024, Ukrainian seaports increased cargo handling by 60% year-over-year to 8 million tons, with agricultural products and ore forming the primary flow of goods, according to the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA).

14 November 2024, 03:35 PM

How children in Zakarpattia learn to grow and harvest wheat to support Ukraine’s military

Alisa Smyrna, a civic activist and guide from Zakarpattia, and six local children harvested wheat they sowed themselves, which will be used to bake bread for sale to raise funds for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

26 August 2024, 05:13 PM

Russia reroutes smuggled Ukrainian grain exports - NRC

Russia is exporting grain from the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories to Iran via a new logistical route, the Defense Ministry’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on Aug 22.

23 August 2024, 08:02 AM

Ukraine surprises with Black Sea shipping volume

Over the past year, Ukraine’s maritime corridor has seen more than 2,300 ships enter its Black Sea ports, exporting around 44 million tons of grain, with a total cargo turnover exceeding 64 million tons, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.

16 August 2024, 02:25 PM

Ukraine’s Nibulon delivers first grain shipment to Egypt in 2024

Nibulon, one of Ukraine's largest grain market operators, delivered the first batch of Ukrainian grain to Egypt in 2024 as part of a tender with the General Authority for Supply of Commodities of the Egyptian government (GASC), the company reported on Facebook on Aug. 1.

1 August 2024, 03:25 PM

Ukrainian General Zaluzhnyi holds inaugural diplomatic meeting in the UK

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Valerii Zaluzhnyi held his first diplomatic meeting with IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez to discuss grain corridor security, he reported on Telegram on July 22.

23 July 2024, 01:25 AM

Ukraine detains ship captain for transporting stolen grain from Crimea

The captain of a foreign vessel, a citizen of Azerbaijan, who helped Russians illegally export Ukrainian grain from temporarily occupied Crimea, was detained in Odesa Oblast, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Telegram on July 11.

11 July 2024, 10:35 AM

Ukraine's farming sector achieves historic high in grain yields for 2023

Ukraine's agricultural sector achieved record-breaking yields in the 2023/2024 marketing year, Ukraine’s Agrarian Minister Taras Vysotskyi, told NV Business on July 1.

1 July 2024, 06:48 PM

EU to limit imports of grain from Russia, Belarus

European Union countries have agreed to raise tariffs on imports of Russian and Belarusian agricultural products, EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis announced on May 30.

30 May 2024, 08:36 PM

Poland aims to halt Ukrainian grain transit from April, negotiations with Kyiv underway

Warsaw expects to conclude negotiations with Kyiv this week to implement licenses for agricultural products, aiming to halt Ukrainian grain transit through Poland from Apr. 1, said Polish Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman in an interview with Radio Lublin on March 25.

25 March 2024, 06:15 PM

France will limit supply of Ukrainian grain to Europe

France will insist on limiting the import of Ukrainian wheat to the EU, French President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conference in Brussels, Ukrainian state news outlet Ukrinform reported on March 23.

23 March 2024, 06:25 PM

Five member states urge EU to ban grain imports from Russia and Belarus

Agriculture ministers of Poland, Czechia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have called on the European Commission to ban grain imports from Russia and Belarus to the EU, Lithuanian broadcaster LRT reported on March 20.

20 March 2024, 10:30 PM

EU to impose killer duties on grain from Russia and Belarus

The EU is preparing to impose duties on grain imports from Russia and Belarus, which will be the first restriction on food products after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Financial Times reported citing its own sources on March 19.

19 March 2024, 11:09 AM

France throws weight behind Poland's efforts to restrict Ukrainian imports

France is backing Poland's push to limit agricultural imports from Ukraine, threatening to derail talks on Kyiv's free trade with the EU, Politico reported.

19 March 2024, 09:50 AM

17-kilometer-long queue at Ukrainian border — Polish police

A line of trucks approximately 17 kilometers long has formed at Poland’s border with Ukraine near Srebrzyszcze, public broadcaster Polskie Radio reported on March 4, citing Chelm District police department.

4 March 2024, 09:40 PM

Polish farmers realize ‘protests are being used by radical politicians and Russian special services,’ Deputy Economy Minister says

Polish farmers protesting on the border with Ukraine have realized that their actions are being used by Russian special services to create hostility between Ukrainians and Poles, Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka said on national television on Mar. 2.

3 March 2024, 11:25 AM

Polish farmers look for Ukrainian grain at Lithuania border

Protesting Polish farmers have launched a week-long blockade of the Budzisko-Kalvarija crossing on the border between Poland and Lithuania, local authorities in Kalvarija reported via Facebook on March 1.

1 March 2024, 10:00 PM

Poland may ban more Ukrainian imports – PM Tusk

Warsaw is considering expanding the current ban on agricultural imports from Ukraine to Poland if the EU fails to come up with an acceptable solution to protect Polish farmers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Feb. 27.

27 February 2024, 08:50 PM

Polish minister identifies culprit in border blockade: neither Poland, Ukraine, nor Putin

Czesław Siekierski, Polish Minister of Agriculture said that the EC is responsible for the uncontrolled inflow of agricultural products from Ukraine to Poland and the European market, as well as for the provisions of the Green Deal that have led to farmers’ protests across Europe,Polish ministry reported in press release on Feb. 25.

26 February 2024, 04:06 PM

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