MOSCOW, Aug 2 The closing of the grain deal caused damage to Ukraine, now the country is looking for alternative routes for the supply of its grain, gradually finding new directions, said the head of the Russian Grain Union (RZS) Arkady Zlochevsky.
“The closure of the grain deal, of course, caused damage to Ukraine, it is looking for alternative ways of supply and is gradually finding it. For example, there is a fact of shipments through the waters of Romania, Bulgaria — that is, by sea,” Zlochevskiy said.
But, for example, there are no shipments from the port of Odessa due to the destruction of infrastructure, and there are complications with its resuscitation, he noted, so Ukraine is also looking for some land routes for grain supplies. «We see that overland shipments from Ukraine are growing. They will obviously be in transit, that is, these are not deliveries to the European Union, there is a ban on the supply of Ukrainian products until mid-September,» the head of the RGU said.
He suggested that this ban could be extended because the five countries that suffer damage from the supply of Ukrainian grain — Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland — declare a strong intention to push for an extension of the ban. It is also possible to supply Ukrainian grain through Latvia, Zlochevsky added: but these will also be land routes, because Ukraine does not have direct access to the Baltic ports — for example, it must be loaded through Poland.
“As for estimates of the grain harvest in Ukraine, it has, of course, decreased, but in any case, this is a decent amount, especially for corn. I think the potential for this crop in the new season will be less than before, but still can reach up to 20 million tons, for wheat it is still difficult to say exactly, but somewhere in the region of 8-10 million tons.It will be difficult to export these volumes of grain from Ukraine only by land The Danube is probably real,” he concluded. /posledstviya-1885369769.html» data-title=»Checkmate: The West missed the consequences of Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal»>