The Council adopted today a Regulation which renews the suspension of all customs duties, quotas and trade defence measures on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, until June 2024.
Recently, the European grain association COCERAL made a statement on the supply of grain of appropriate quality to the EU.
The Association was forced to make such a statement due to the spread of false rumors about the alleged importation of low-quality grain to the EU market.
The company reports on the results of the spring sowing campaign and shares plans for the nearest future.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative has resumed its operations, but Russia has been blocking incoming fleets from accessing the Pivdennyi seaport, the deepest port in the region, for almost a month now. This is happening despite the efforts of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) to resolve the issue.
In Kyiv, an expert discussion "Ukraine on the way to the EU internal market in the conditions of war – an independent expert vision" took place, in which the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Markiyan Dmytrasevich participated.
Global wheat prices fell Thursday after Ukraine and Russia agreed to extend a deal allowing grain to be exported from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea.
The issues of involving South Korean companies in the reconstruction of Ukraine, investment prospects and transformation of the Ukrainian economy in the context of the country's recovery were discussed by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko with representatives of South Korean business circles during the round table "Korea-Ukraine Partnership for the Future" held in Seoul on May 16 under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Korea.
The main goal of the Council of Europe summit will be to develop legislative and legal mechanisms to bring Russia to justice.
Leaders of 46 countries who gathered on Tuesday for a two-day summit of the Council of Europe intend to create a system that will make it possible to hold Russia accountable for war crimes and destruction in Ukraine. At the meeting in Reykjavik, the participants want to formulate the basic principles of two respective registers. This was reported by the Associated Press.
In Ukraine, the area of spring wheat sowing has increased. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, as of mid-May, 247,000 hectares of crops have already been sown in the country. It is predicted that this indicator will reach 285 thousand ha.
After 5 EU member states (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) had requested an extension of the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain until the end of 2023, the other 12 member states appealed to the European Commission with their appeal, in which they indicate their displeasure in this situation and require explanations.