LVIV, Ukraine (REUTERS) – Ukraine has launched export licences for its key agriculture commodities wheat, corn and sunflower oil, Interfax Ukraine information company quoted a authorities decision as saying on Sunday (March 6).
The doc mentioned that merchants would additionally want licences to export poultry and eggs, the company mentioned.
Ukraine is among the many world’s main producers and exporters of grain and vegetable oils.
The world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil had additionally mentioned it could possibly export greater than 60 million tonnes of grain, together with 33 million tonnes of corn and 23 million tonnes of wheat within the 2021/22 July-June season.
Earlier on Sunday Ukraine suspended exports of a number of agricultural commodities within the face of Russia’s invasion of the nation. The authorities suspended exports of rye, oats, millet, buckwheat, salt, sugar, meat and livestock.
State-run Ukrainian Railways, in the meantime, has mentioned it is able to organise agricultural exports by rail as a matter of urgency after closure of the nation’s Black Sea ports due to the army invasion.
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Ukraine has traditionally exported its grain, vegetable oils and different meals merchandise by ship.
Ukrainian Railways mentioned that it’d ship grain to borders with Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, from the place it may be delivered to ports and logistics hubs of European nations.
The agriculture ministry mentioned Ukraine had exported 43 million tonnes of assorted grains within the 2021/22 season as of Feb. 23.
Ukraine elevated its grain manufacturing by 32% in 2021 to 85.7 million tonnes.
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