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Despite the war, Ukraine managed to establish alternative routes for cereal exports and the first shipments are already beginning to arrive in Europe. A cargo ship carrying 18,000 tons of corn arrived at a Spanish port this Monday, June 13, using a new sea route opened in the Baltic Sea to bypass Russian blockades in the Black Sea.
Exports were also reestablished through the recovery of at least two more routes through Poland and Romania. The expectation is that Ukrainians will begin to dispose of at least 30 million tons of cereals that are stored on their territory and have not yet been destroyed or stolen by Russia.
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“These routes are not perfect because they contain narrow passages, but we are doing our best to develop them as quickly as possible,” said Ukrainian Deputy Minister Dmytro Senik in statements to the Reuters news agency. He revealed that he is also negotiating with the Baltic Countries the creation of a third export route, and this was precisely the route tested to take Ukrainian corn to Spain this week.
The Russian invasion caused the suspension of Ukrainian cereal exports through the Black Sea and caused widespread shortages and inflation in food prices. Ukraine is the world's fourth-largest grain exporter, but Russia has impeded sea exports by blocking Ukrainian ports and shipping routes in the Black Sea, as well as continuing to carry out missile attacks on terminals, grain elevators and railway infrastructure.
Per: AGROLINK
