Ukrainian Railways limit exports of some food staples – consultancy

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state-owned railway firm has quickly restricted the transportation of some agricultural items by border crossings to Poland and Romania, consultancy APK-Inform mentioned on Saturday.

It gave no cause for the restrictions.

Ukraine, a significant agricultural producer, used to export most of its items by seaports however since Russia’s invasion has been compelled to export by prepare by way of its western border.

APK-Inform mentioned restrictions on the motion of products to Poland by Yahodyn have been put in place from April 16 to April 18.

There are additionally restrictions on the transportation of cereals, oilseeds, grains and different meals merchandise by Izov to the Polish cities of Hrubeszew and Slawkov.

From April 16 till additional discover, there are restrictions on the export of grain and seeds to Romania by the Dyakovo and Vadul-Siret crossings, the consultancy mentioned.

The railway firm was not obtainable for rapid remark.

Ukrainian agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi mentioned this week the primary process of the ministry was to seek out other ways to export Ukrainian grain. The nation has thousands and thousands of tonnes of varied commodities obtainable for exports.

Solskyi additionally mentioned 1.25 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds have been on industrial vessels blocked in Ukrainian seaports and should quickly deteriorate.

Earlier than the battle, Ukraine exported as much as 6 million tonnes of grain and oilseed a month. In March, exports fell to 200,000 tonnes.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Modifying by Christina Fincher)