Ukrainian farmers believe a new Black Sea corridor could allow exports of up to 2.5 million metric tons of food per month.
Amounts in that quantity would see Ukraine almost nullify the losses made since Russia exited the Black Sea grain deal in July.
Kyiv has since opened what it says is a temporary humanitarian corridor in a bid to break Russia’s de facto blockade, with sources indicating more than 40 cargo vessels have entered the corridor so far.
However, the Black Sea export routes are still not fully operational and the current export figures are lower than last year, according to Denys Marchuk, deputy head of the Agrarian Council – Ukraine’s largest agribusiness group.
“This is not critical as we are developing an alternative route and the last month has shown that we can export by the Black Sea without Russia’s participation,” Marchuk told said yesterday.
Understandably, he did not outline the details of the location of the route, given that Russia has targeted Ukrainian grain infrastructure since its exit from the grain deal.
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