A ship carrying 18,000 tons of Ukrainian corn has arrived at the Spanish port, the first batch of Ukrainian grain delivered by a “new sea route” across the Baltic Sea to avoid Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s ports.
Source: Agafac director Bruno Beade
“It’s the first shipment of Ukrainian grain to reach northwestern Spain by sea, using a new maritime route opened in the Baltic Sea to avoid the Russian navy’s blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea since the start of the war last February, the animal feed producers group, called Agafac, said in a statement.”
“It’s just a small amount of corn, but it recovers the possibility to import whatever’s possible from Ukraine,” said Agafac director.
Small quantities of corn have left western Ukraine in trucks for Poland and Romania and that the corn, which arrived in Spain was loaded onto a ship at Poland’s Baltic Sea port of Swinoujscie.
He said Agafac typically imports 40% of its corn from Ukraine between January and June each year, which is part of the total 1 million tons of corn it imports for livestock feed annually.
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