Economy

Ukraine and Uzbekistan have signed a protocol on “transport visa-free travel” — liberalization of bilateral and transit cargo transportation.

Prices for food and feed wheat in Ukrainian ports increased by $3–5 per ton last week.

Turkish importers have already secured their needs for October and are looking for shipments for delivery in November-December.

The management of the Borivazh sea grain terminal in the port of Pivdennyi announced the forcible seizure of the facility by a group of unknown persons.

At the request of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the court returned the berth to state ownership, the private property right to which was illegally registered under the company.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy also sets itself the task of forming a coordinated Baltic approach to verifying the origin of grain.

Among the most successful exporters of Ukrainian grain in 2026 are Nibulon, ADM Ukraine, Cargill, Kernel and Louis Dreyfus Company.

The mediator countries have informed Kyiv that Moscow has rejected all of its partners’ proposals for a limited ceasefire or a moratorium on strikes.

In the fire segment, a significant gap between charterers’ and shipowners’ rates remains, while demand for barge tonnage is pushing prices up.

Ukraine has proposed that the EU create a mechanism to support alternative logistics, as more than 30 million tons of agricultural products may remain unexported due to port restrictions.