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UKRAINE WELCOMES EU DEAL ON CONTINUED FARM EXPORTS

RAF CASERT, Associated Press
April 29, 2023

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1of9Grain lay at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.
U.S. and European officials have toured Ukraine's southern port of Izmail, a
facility that is important in bringing Ukrainian grain exports to the world. It
could become critical if a deal with Russia to allow grain exports from
Ukrainian Black Sea ports expires without being renewed.Andrew Kravchenko/APShow
MoreShow Less 2of9Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine,
Wednesday, April 26, 2023. U.S. and European officials have toured Ukraine's
southern port of Izmail, a facility that is important in bringing Ukrainian
grain exports to the world. It could become critical if a deal with Russia to
allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports expires without being
renewed.Andrew Kravchenko/APShow MoreShow Less

3of9 4of9Grain lay at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26,
2023. U.S. and European officials have toured Ukraine's southern port of Izmail,
a facility that is important in bringing Ukrainian grain exports to the world.
It could become critical if a deal with Russia to allow grain exports from
Ukrainian Black Sea ports expires without being renewed.Andrew Kravchenko/APShow
MoreShow Less 5of9A truck unloads grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine,
Wednesday, April 26, 2023. U.S. and European officials have toured Ukraine's
southern port of Izmail, a facility that is important in bringing Ukrainian
grain exports to the world. It could become critical if a deal with Russia to
allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports expires without being
renewed.Andrew Kravchenko/APShow MoreShow Less

6of9 7of9A sailor fixes the flag of Ukraine on a boat in Izmail, 700 km (432
miles) southwest of Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. U.S. and European
officials have toured Ukraine's southern port of Izmail, a facility that is
important in bringing Ukrainian grain exports to the world. It could become
critical if a deal with Russia to allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea
ports expires without being renewed.Andrew Kravchenko/APShow MoreShow Less
8of9Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26,
2023. U.S. and European officials have toured Ukraine's southern port of Izmail,
a facility that is important in bringing Ukrainian grain exports to the world.
It could become critical if a deal with Russia to allow grain exports from
Ukrainian Black Sea ports expires without being renewed.Andrew Kravchenko/APShow
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday welcomed the European Union’s hard-fought
deal to keep farm exports flowing into and through the bloc to world markets,
saying that the Middle East and Africa would specifically stand to benefit from
it.

Late Friday, the 27-nation EU ended a damaging internal standoff over a
destabilizing glut of Ukraine farm imports by granting five eastern member
countries the right to temporarily ban the most problematic produce while
allowing all farm products to transit onward.



Resolving the issue allows the EU to maintain a unified stance in the face of
Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. “We welcome that we resolved this issue,”
Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko said at a meeting of EU finance
ministers in Stockholm.



Under the deal, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can keep four
farm products that make up the overwhelming mass of exports from Ukraine out of
their local markets but must guarantee unfettered access to the rest of the
bloc.

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Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine hampered Black Sea shipments of Ukrainian
agricultural products, using the 27-nation bloc as a transportation route has
been essential to getting the nation's prized cereal production on to the world.



"We found a wise decision that would help Ukraine to export necessary
commodities, food commodities towards African countries, which is so necessary
for them,” Marchenko said, adding Middle East nations would equally profit.

Under the deal, the bloc would basically accept the national bans on four of the
five main products — wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds — that account
for most imports. The EU would also assess whether other products, including
sunflower oil, should also be included.

As an added sweetener, the EU provided 100 million euros ($113 million) more in
special aid on top of on an initial support package of 56.3 million euros to
help farmers in the affected countries.

On Friday, EU nations also tentatively agreed to lift tariffs on Ukraine's
grains for another year. The EU lifted duties on Ukrainian grain to facilitate
its transport to Africa and the Middle East by other routes after a Russian
blockade kept cargo from leaving Ukraine's ports.




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Overall, there was acceptance that the lifting of import tariffs had seriously
skewed the local markets in nations closest to Ukraine. In Poland, wheat imports
went from 2,375 tons in 2021 to 500,008 tons last year. Maize went from 5,863
tons to more than 1.8 million over the same period.

Similar huge increases were also evident in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.

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