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Alternative Routes Will Be Able to Handle a Maximum of 50% of Agricultural Exports

14 August 2026, 12:00 1223

In August, vessels are no longer calling at the ports of Greater Odesa. From August 1 to 12, Ukraine exported 590 thousand tonnes of grain, which is 30% of the required volume. Currently, about 45% of agricultural exports are transported by rail, about 45% through the Danube region, and 10% by road.

This was reported by Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi during a conversation with journalists.

«Today, given that russia has blocked Ukrainian food from accessing international markets, from the perspective of food security, only 30% of the products that could be supplied to stabilize international markets as a whole are actually reaching them. We expect that, potentially, taking alternative routes into account, it will be possible to reach 50%, but this is the maximum. This means that if the ports of Greater Odesa remain blocked, at least 50% of our export potential will not reach international markets. That is about 30 million tonnes of grain,» Taras Vysotskyi noted.

Liudmyla Lebid, AgroPortal.ua

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