Ukraine is able to double the volume of agricultural exports – Shmyhal

Ukraine has every opportunity to double its agricultural exports and provide food to 600 million people worldwide.

This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the opening of the third International Food Security Summit, the Government Portal reports.

“The aggressor is trying to prevent our agricultural exports in every possible way and thereby doom dozens of vulnerable countries to starvation. Fortunately, together with you, our friends and partners, we are successfully countering this strategy,” Shmyhal said.

The Prime Minister said that Ukraine has already harvested its third crop during the full-scale war, which amounts to more than 53 million tons of grain and pulses.

He noted that the 2024 harvest is still ongoing, and enough will be harvested for domestic needs and for export.

Shmyhal also said that thanks to the Black Sea Logistics Corridor and other routes, Ukraine has restored its export capacity, in particular, in 10 months of 2024 it exported more goods than in the whole of 2023, and food (sunflower oil, corn, wheat) is the main export structure.

“We supply products to more than 100 countries for more than 400 million people. These are mainly countries in Southeast Asia and Africa. In the medium term, there is every opportunity to double the volume of agricultural exports and provide food to 600 million people around the world,” the Prime Minister emphasized.

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