News From Agro-Industrial Complex

Amid the war, the EU has become Ukraine’s main trading partner, accounting for more than 55% of mutual trade. Now it is important for us to maintain the pace of trade development and extend autonomous trade measures in the form of complete elimination of duties, as well as to extend agreements on road transport permits. This was emphasized by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, at the EU-Ukraine Summit.

The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi called on EU representatives to support Ukrainian farmers and facilitate the spring sowing campaign. He stated this during his speech at a joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the European Commission College, which was held in Kyiv for the first time.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative is not blocked, work is underway to continue it, UN system coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown said.

Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has shipped 194.4 thousand tons of agricultural products to Africa on 8 vessels, including 46.5 thousand tons of wheat. In particular, the fourth vessel as a part of the initiative «Grain from Ukraine» has recently left the port of Chornomorsk. The name of the ship is AMIRA HANA and it will deliver 30 thousand tons of wheat to the port of Djibouti, and from there the Ukrainian grain will be shipped to Ethiopia. In total, Ukraine has already delivered 238.3 thousand tons of wheat to Ethiopia, which is on the edge of famine.