Ukraine exported more than 1 million tons of agricultural products from sea ports

UkrAgroConsult

During the 26 days of operation of the “grain corridor” as part of the implementation of the Initiative on the safe transportation of grain and food products, 44 ships left Ukrainian ports and exported more than 1 million tons of agricultural products to 15 countries around the world.

This is reported by the press service of the SE “Seaports Administration of Ukraine”.

It is noted that on the morning of August 26, 4 ships left the port of “Chornomorsk” with which 133 thousand tons of wheat, corn and oil were sent to the ports of Sudan, India, Egypt and Turkey.

During the week of operation of the “grain corridor”, the ports of Great Odesa accepted 13 vessels for loading 362 thousand tons of wheat, corn, rapeseed, oil, soybeans and barley, which will go to the ports of Spain, Israel, Germany and Turkey.

At the same time, 13 ships with 294,000 tons of wheat, oil, soybeans, rapeseed and corn were sent to the ports of Libya, the Netherlands, Israel, India, Egypt, Turkey, Germany and Sudan.

The agreement on the “grain corridor” was signed on July 22 in Istanbul in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The two relevant documents were signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the UN and Turkey. It is about unblocking three Ukrainian ports: “Odesa”, “Chornomorsk” and “Pivdenny”.

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