Ukraine exported 1.7 million tons of agricultural products from the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny in the first month of the grain initiative, the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported on September 2.

According to the release, during August, 68 ships left the unlocked ports, the ports of destination of which are located in 18 countries of the world.

At the same time, 19 vessels departed from the port of Odesa, 13 from Yuzhny and the port of Chornomorsk sent 36 vessels.

According to the ministry’s announcement, as part of the grain initiative, three times more agricultural products were exported from the ports of Odessa in August than during this month by road transport.

Only in August, more than 1.7 million tons of food were exported through the ports of Great Odessa. During the same period, almost 1.6 million tons were exported through the Danube ports, about a million tons by rail, and more than 600 thousand tons by road.

Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine

According to him, in September, it is planned to reach the rate of transshipment through unblocked sea ports at the level of at least 3 million tons of products. At the same time, it is planned to export at least 8 million tons by all modes of transport.

According to the ministry, in August, Odessa Port exported 419,000 tons of agricultural products, Chornomorsk – 848,000 tons, and Yuzhny – 459,000 tons. At the same time, Ukrainian agricultural products went mainly to Asia (726 thousand tons), Europe (640 thousand tons) and Africa (365 thousand tons). Also, 60.8 thousand tons were sent to Ethiopia and Yemen as part of the UN food programme.

According to the ministry, 66.9% of exported agricultural products fell on corn, 21.6% – on wheat, 4.8% – on barley and 6.7% on other agricultural crops: sunflower, rapeseed, bran and pulp.

In turn, Kubrakov emphasized that in August, about 5 million tons of agricultural products were exported from the unblocked and Danube ports, by rail and by road. According to him, this is a record figure since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia.

As reported, on July 22 in Istanbul, at the suggestion of the UN, Ukraine, Turkey and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres signed an initiative on the safe transportation of grain and food products from the Ukrainian ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny.