Economy

The queue of ships at the Sulina roadstead is gradually decreasing, but part of the fleet is still waiting to enter the canal since last week.

Limited tonnage supply allows shipowners to maintain high rates for the transportation of Ukrainian grain.

In August, Romania took first place in terms of the volume of Ukrainian grain received by rail – an average of 44.7 wagons are transferred through border crossings per day.

The government has adopted new decisions to support farmers amid a decline in exports due to the lack of ship calls to the ports of Great Odesa.

Due to the increase in the number of vessels and bad weather, the waiting time at the entrance to the Sulinsky Canal has increased to approximately 2–3 days.

Ukraine has passed on to Russia, through a third party, a proposal to mutually cease attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea.

In August-October, Ukraine may not deliver about 9 million tons of agricultural products to foreign markets due to the reduction in available export capacities.

Interpipe has redirected part of its exports to North America and the Middle East through one of the European ports after the blockade of the seaports of the Odesa region.

In the Danube ports, the demand prices for food wheat increased by $1–4 per ton this week due to low grain supply from farmers.

In the first 12 days of August, Ukraine exported only 280 thousand tons of grain and legumes, while last year this figure exceeded 1.15 million tons.