After approving the extension of the grain export deal, which aims to alleviate global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports, for a period of 120 days last month, the Center of coordination of Istanbul grain export initiative announced the departure of 4 ships loaded with corn, wheat and semi of sunflower from the ports, on Saturday, through the humanitarian corridor opened by the Russian fleet.
The center’s report said that on December 17, 4 ships left Ukrainian ports carrying 115.7 thousand tons of grain and other food products under the Black Sea Grains Initiative.
Thousands of tons of semi
Meanwhile, the Falcon S vessels, carrying 19,000 tons of semi of sunflower, and Kerem, carrying 29,000 tons of grain, headed for Turkey.
The ship “Nymfi” will carry 25.7 thousand tons of corn in Tunisia, while the ship “Gulmar” will carry 42,000 tons of corn in Spain.
The center said that as of Dec. 17, the total grain and other agricultural products exported from 3 Ukrainian ports amounted to 14,138,997 tons, while 1,121 ships could move at the moment, 561 ships bound for Ukrainian ports and 560 left them.
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“grain deal”
The grain deal, which was initially struck in July, provides a protected sea route with the aim of easing global food shortages by allowing exports to resume from three ports in Ukraine, one of the leading producers of cereals and semi oily.
This came after decreased shipments from Ukraine following the Russian military operation in February played a role in the global food price crisis of questyear, but there were also other important factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic and climate shocks in course as how drought it is in Argentina than in the United States.
While Ukraine and Russia are the world’s leading grain exporters, Russia is the world’s largest grain exporter and a leading fertilizer exporter to global markets.
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