Poland to build a grain port in Gdansk to export Ukrainian grain

The first grain port in Poland will be built in Gdansk, in particular for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products. This was announced at a meeting with voters by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus, polskieradio24.pl reports.

It is noted that RSSI (Agri-Food Investment Company) has signed an agreement with the Port of Gdansk to implement this project. “On Tuesday, the state budget enterprise RSSI signed an agreement with the port of Gdansk to create a grain port. We have a grain port,” the Minister said and added that this is an extremely important event.

According to him, the grain port will improve the transportation of grain, in particular from Ukraine.

He explained that the creation of further “solidarity corridors” that allow the transportation of Ukrainian grain by sea is very important. As Telus emphasized, the absence of agricultural supplies to African countries is beneficial to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As a reminder, on September 15, the European Commission refused to extend the temporary ban on imports of Ukrainian wheat, corn, sunflower seeds and rapeseed to five EU countries neighboring Ukraine. At the same time, Ukraine agreed to introduce certain legal measures (e.g., an export licensing system) within 30 days to avoid sharp jumps in grain exports to these countries.

However, Slovakia extended the previous EU ban on imports of four types of grain, Poland introduced additional bans on Ukrainian flour and feed, and Hungary banned 25 more products that were not previously discussed, including meat.

In response, Ukraine requested consultations with Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary in accordance with the rules and procedures for dispute settlement under the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Ukraine is currently negotiating the introduction of a mechanism for licensing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products with mandatory verification in each of the five countries.

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