Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine, said that the Ukrainian authorities applied to the European Commission with a proposal to pay compensation to Ukrainian farmers for the transport of grain to European ports. TASSreferring to the agency’s website.
“The Ministry of Agricultural Policy and the government have applied to the European Commission to reimburse Ukrainian farmers for the logistics cost of €30 per tonne,” Vysotsky said.
He added that the proposed subsidies will increase exports only when products are delivered to remote European ports. It was noted that it will positively affect transits through Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Athens discussed In separate talks with Croatian Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic and Moldovan President Maia Sandu, the possibility of launching alternative routes for Ukrainian grain exports.
It was previously reported that Ankara negotiating with the UN on the revival of the grain agreement.