Poland is looking for help with the transit of Ukrainian grain through the Baltic ports

Poland calls on the EU to help increase port capacity to increase Ukrainian grain supplies via the Baltic Sea.

The export of Ukrainian grain through Polish ports increased to 260,000 tons in June. Exports are likely to grow even more, as Russia’s withdrawal from the Grain Agreement will force Ukraine to look for alternative routes, writes Bloomberg.

“We need to help Ukraine, and we understand that. We are thinking about building ports that will be exclusively for the transportation of grain, so-called agroports,” said Polish Minister of Agriculture Robert Telus.

Poland is already conducting early negotiations with Lithuania on the transfer of phytosanitary control from its border to Lithuanian ports, which aims to speed up the transit of Ukrainian grain.

Telus added that while terminals in the Baltic Sea are an alternative, the bulk of cargo will still go through southern ports.

The minister repeated that Poland does not cancel the internal ban on the sale of grain from Ukraine, which expires in mid-September.