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.
At the same time, the number of grain wagons moving towards the ports decreased from 7,140 to 5,809 units.
The average daily rate of unloading of wagons with grain in the ports of Greater Odessa increased to 1,463 units. During the week, the volume increased by 53 wagons per day, the deputy director of the department of commercial work of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" Valery Tkachev said.
