Poland increases the number of ports for Ukrainian grain exports

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Starting Friday, April 28, grain from Ukraine will also be shipped through the Polish port of Kolobrzeg. Previously, exports were carried out through 4 ports.

This was announced by the Minister of Development of Poland Waldemar Buda, RMF24 reports.

Published on the night of April 20-21, the order banning the import of agricultural products from Ukraine allowed its transit to the ports of Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie and Szczecin. Kolobrzeg was not among the four ports listed in the order.

Overnight, the port lost half of its turnover. Port President Artur Lievski called the government’s decision a big blow.

“We don’t have the same support as large ports that can count on EU funds, so we are taking all kinds of measures to keep the cargo flow in the port, and such measures included transshipment and assistance in exporting cargo from Ukraine,” said Artur Lievski.

On Monday, Minister Waldemar Buda announced that the port of Kolobrzeg would reopen as a transit port for Ukrainian agricultural products on April 28.

This means that in a few days, grain cargoes from Ukraine will be able to enter the port of Kolobrzeg again, and there they will be reloaded onto ships and exported, in particular, to Africa.

Port President Artur Lievski welcomed the government’s decision. He added that in practice the port will start accepting cargo from Ukraine on Monday.

As a reminder, the European Commission is ready to expand the list of goods banned from importation from Ukraine beyond the four goods proposed last week. So far, it has only agreed to ban imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower.

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Tags: Ukraine, export, grain, Poland