Sergei Vershinin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation declarationTwo new batches of Russian fertilizer blocked in European ports are being prepared and will soon be sent to countries in need.
“Russia is already doing a lot. Free delivery of Russian fertilizers to countries that need it most has already begun, ”the Russian representative said in a conversation with RT.
It is planned to send 262 thousand tons of Russian manure, they are arrested in the ports of Estonia, Latvia, Belgium, the Netherlands. The first batch of fertilizer arrived in Malawi only in March. “Now two more batches are being prepared and will be sent,” Vershinin said.
At the end of November 2022, the Uralchem group announced that more than 260,000 tons of fertilizers, which it was ready to supply to African countries free of charge, were blocked at European ports.
Previously, the Russian producer of potash fertilizers Uralkali signed A contract with Indian mineral fertilizer importer Indian Potash Limited (IPL) to supply potassium chloride to the South Asian buyer’s port until September 30, 2023 at a price of $422 per tonne.