Ukraine has exported nearly nine million tons of grain in current marketing year

In the current marketing year, Ukraine has already exported almost 9 million tons of grain. The press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported this. As reported, since the beginning of the new marketing year (2023/2024), Ukraine has exported 8.72 million tons of cereals and legumes. In this marketing year, which started … Read more

Ukraine ranks second among honey suppliers in EU in 2022

Ukraine’s share of honey imports to the EU in 2022 was 24%, which allowed it to take second place among exporting countries, Beehive reported on Facebook, citing Eurostat data and the European Federation of Honey Packers and Distributors (F.E.E.D.M.) According to the report, in addition to Ukraine, the leading countries in honey supplies to the … Read more

Ukraine increases meat exports 10% over nine months

Ukraine increased meat exports 10% from January through September compared to the same period last year, reported the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. “Ukraine has all the prerequisites for the effective development of the meat industry and the realization of export potential. Over the nine months of 2023, the growth … Read more

Ukraine sees Romania, Moldova as most promising directions for export infrastructure development

Ukraine considers Romania and Moldova as the most promising directions for the transit of agricultural products and, hence, for the development of infrastructure, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksandr Kubrakov, who is also the Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, has said at a conference “The Future of Ukrainian Exports” organized by … Read more

For domestic needs, we only need about 25% of harvested grain, rest needs to be exported – Shmyhal

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that about 25% of the harvested grain is enough for Ukraine’s internal needs, and the rest needs to be exported. “Bridges should be built on our western border now, and not walls. This, first of all, concerns Ukrainian agricultural exports. We need wide transit routes for food exports. This is … Read more

DAI Global LLC to provide technical support to Ukrzaliznytsia in development of grain exports

JSC Ukrzaliznytsia and the development company DAI Global LLC, working with international development agencies, signed a memorandum on the implementation of the international technical assistance project “Economic Support for Ukraine,” which provides for the development of the export of Ukrainian grain by rail, the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia reported on Friday. “Our common goal is … Read more

Shmyhal signs resolution on verification of Ukrainian grain exports

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal signed a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on the introduction of a mechanism for verification and coordination of four groups of Ukrainian agricultural exports, in particular wheat, rapeseed, sunflower and corn, to Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. “Ukraine presented this mechanism as part of a plan to … Read more

Export of Ukrainian grain does not ‘break’ Polish market – KSE

Polish farmers have almost twice as much revenue as Ukrainian exporters of agricultural products, so the claims that Ukrainian grain has a bad influence on the market in Poland are not true. Source: Oleh Nivievskyi, Vice President for Economic Education and Associate Professor of the Kyiv School of Economics, analysed the difference between comparable prices … Read more

Ukraine takes Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to WTO arbitrage over grain import bans

Kyiv has lodged lawsuits with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary after the three countries introduced unilateral bans on imports of Ukrainian agricultural produce, Ukraine’s Economy Ministry said on Sept. 18. Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that it is fundamentally important for Ukraine to prove that individual EU countries cannot ban … Read more

Bulgarian farmers protest imports of Ukrainian produce

Farmers across Bulgaria began protests against the country’s parliament deciding to resume imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, Forbes Bulgaria reported on Sept. 18. By 10:00 a.m. local time, farmers had brought heavy farming equipment onto major roadways, blocking traffic. They shut down border crossings, major roads, and highways in the country. The protesters are … Read more