EU governments will consider providing Ukraine with temporary storage facilities for grain to help preserve crops and secure future supplies to world markets.
Source: Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Markiyan Dmytrasevych
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine addressed a meeting of the EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries. He outlined to MEPs the situation with the export of Ukrainian agricultural products and spoke about the priority needs of Ukraine due to the blockade of seaports.
“At the current low rate of exports, Ukraine may receive a shortage of storage facilities for the harvest of 10-15 million tons. Before the war, the total storage capacity was 75 million tons of grain, but today only 60 million tons of storage remains – the rest was lost due to destruction and temporary occupation.”
EU governments will consider providing Ukraine with such temporary storage facilities – as a result, it should significantly help preserve the harvest and secure future grain supplies to world markets.
Markiyan Dmytrasevych said that the European delegation is expected to visit border checkpoints next week to assess the situation with inspections and further reduce bureaucracy at the borders for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products.
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