Ukraine asks the European Commission to compensate for the costs of transporting agricultural products to European seaports

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the Cabinet of Ministers have asked the European Commission to compensate for the logistics costs of transporting agricultural products from Ukraine to European seaports. This was announced by Taras Vysotsky, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, during a telethon.

The reimbursement for the delivery of agricultural products to the seaports of Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia and the Netherlands should improve the possibility of uninterrupted exports from Ukraine, Vysotsky said.

According to him, due to the blocked Black Sea ports, the cost of transporting Ukrainian grain to European ports is very expensive for a farmer. Further delivery of agricultural products from these ports to the countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East is unprofitable for Ukrainian farmers.

“The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the Government have appealed to the European Commission to compensate Ukrainian farmers for the cost of logistics in the amount of 30 euros per ton. The provision of such subsidies, which will be paid only when delivering products to distant European ports, will improve exports, including a positive impact on transit through Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria,” Vysotsky said.

Ukraine has also appealed to Turkey, the UN and other international partners to ensure the export of its grain.

Earlier it was reported that the European Commission has no money and no clear vision of how to help Ukraine finance additional transportation costs for grain exports after the Black Sea grain deal collapsed.

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