In the future, cross-country grain transport will double between the Danube and Prut.
According to Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the amount of Ukrainian cereals passing through Romania every month will increase from the current 2 to 4 million tons by the end of the year. To achieve this objective, Romania intends to continue investing in the infrastructure of the Black Sea port of Constanta, the Danube ports, as well as in roads and railways.
Mine clearance in the Black Sea
The head of government assured farmers in his country, who fear a new drop in prices due to the high volume of cereals on the domestic market, that the transit would take place “taking into account the interests of Romanian farmers”. In recent weeks, mine countermeasure ships from the Romanian and Bulgarian navies have reportedly cleared a corridor of mines for Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea.
Ukrainian harvest balance is available
Meanwhile, figures for this year’s harvest of wheat, barley and maize in Ukraine are available. As announced by the Kiev Ministry of Agriculture, a total of 39.23 million tons of cereals and 18.46 million tons of oilseeds were imported. Specifically, farmers threshed 22.21 million tons of wheat over an area of almost 4.7 million hectares. The volume of barley was 5.86 million tons in a harvested area of 1.5 million hectares. 9.28 million tons of corn were harvested from around 1.4 million hectares. The rapeseed harvest is 4 million tons, harvested from 1.4 million hectares.
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