On March 12, 2024, the Meeting of the Council of the UKRZOVNISHTRANS ASSOCIATION was held online.
At the meeting, issues were discussed and information about the work was resolved
ASSOCIATION in 2023 to take note and recognize it as satisfactory.
To take note of the report on the financial activities of the ASSOCIATION for 2023 and to recognize it as satisfactory.
In February, the volume of grain transfers by railway through the western border crossings significantly decreased. Such data was provided by Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Department of Commercial Work of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia".
The financial losses of the business amounted to more than 1.5 billion euros.
Due to the blocking of the border with Poland, Ukraine did not receive about 8 billion grcustoms payments, financial losses of business - more than 1.5 billion euros, said the deputy head of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Denys Marchuk.
The import of grain, oil and meal from Belarus to Poland gradually increased both in 2022 and in 2023.
In 2023, Poland imported goods worth 2.6 billion dollars from Russia, and 450 million dollars from Belarus. Imports of agricultural products from Russia to Poland reached 117 million dollars and exceeded the level of 2021, according to data from the article of Economic Truth.
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The scope of the agreement will remain unchanged, and the updates should facilitate its implementation and ensure compliance by member states.
The European Commission sent a proposal to the Council of Europe to extend the agreement with Ukraine and Moldova on the liberalization of road freight transportation for 2025 and suggested making certain updates to the agreement.
