The European Union will help Ukraine to ensure the export of agricultural products

Grain harvesting in Ukraine. File photoBRUSSELS, May 12The European Commission unveiled on Thursday a plan to help Ukraine secure agricultural exports amid ongoing conflict.»The European Commission unveils an action plan aimed at creating «corridors of solidarity» to allow Ukraine to export grain as well as import the products it needs, in particular, humanitarian aid, feed and fertilizer,» the document says. to create a sea corridor for the export of grain from Ukraine The European Commission proposes, in particular, to use EU vehicles to organize exports from Ukraine. Thus, market participants in the EU are invited to use rolling stock, trucks and ships to deliver Ukrainian food already prepared for export. At the same time, the European Commission is ready to provide financial guarantees for those who go to Ukraine for goods. The EC also proposed using the opportunities available in the EU countries for storing food from Ukraine, the delivery of such food should be a priority. The EU also turned to the national authorities of European countries with a request optimize the procedure for customs clearance of Ukrainian goods, provide the necessary number of employees for cargo handling. Ukraine and the Russian Federation account for 30% of world production of wheat and barley, a fifth of corn and more than half of sunflower oil, UN Secretary General António Guterres recalled earlier. Grain from these two countries feeds the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. They account for more than a third of the wheat imported to 45 least developed countries, the UN Secretary General noted. to Poland