The association of Ukrainian agricultural producers UCAB has announced whereas last month Ukraine managed to export only 3.7 million tons of agricultural products, 29% less than in June. Specifying that with regard to the July 2023 data It must be taken into account that not all products have had the time to physically cross the border and a quantity significant of goods is still awaiting departure, The association has highlighted that however the data is disappointing and is a consequence of the suspension from 18 July the agreement on the "grain corridor" and of low activity even before suspension of the agreement that was signed a year ago by Russia, Ukraine and Turkey under the auspices of the United Nations in order to allow the Resumption of grain exports from Ukrainian ports despite the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine ( of 17 July 2023).

The UCAB specified that last month only 292 thousand tons were exported through the corridor and that the Russian bombing of river port infrastructure on the Danube, which is still ongoing, has had a negative impact on export volumes.

'The lack of the possibility of exporting through seaports, the destruction of infrastructure the seaports of the Odessa region and the river ports of the Danube, the risks of continuing the ban on imports of a range of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU's neighbouring countries - the association has detected in a note - all this will have a very negative effect on our future exports. We Exporting products not when the world needs them, but when we have the opportunity and at the same time burdened by much higher logistics costs. That's why the restoration of free navigation is so necessary both for Ukraine and for the world."