Economy

Turkey has offered assistance in the development of maritime logistics and infrastructure of Ukraine.

The free trade agreement with Turkey, signed a year ago, may enter into force in the near future.

Currently, the ports of Ukraine are not yet loaded to their full capacity and are ready to increase the potential of grain export transportation.

Since the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the Grain Agreement on July 18, 2023, the invaders have attacked Ukrainian ports more than 30 times with all types of weapons.

Spain is ready to promote Ukrainian agricultural exports and is interested in importing Ukrainian agricultural products, in particular corn and sunflowers.

The flow of wagons with grain cargoes was reoriented from the western borders to the direction of the seaports of Great Odesa.

The Ministry of Infrastructure plans to soften the requirements of its pre-war Order (No. 647 dated November 30, 2021) regarding the terms of operation of freight cars. In particular, for the period of martial law, it is proposed to “amnesty” from scrapping those wagons whose final term of use expires in 2022-2024. The Ministry of Infrastructure’s easing of norms is justified by the risk of a shortage of wagons and an increase in the price of rail freight transportation.

From now on, for violation of the rules of export of agricultural products to some EU countries, entrepreneurs will be deprived of verification for 6 months.

The 10 agricultural companies that paid the most taxes in 2023 were named.

The Shipping Registers of Ukraine and Poland signed a joint cooperation agreement.