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The rate of agricultural exports via the Black Sea grain corridor has almost returned to pre-war levels, and the cost of cargo insurance has fallen significantly. Source: Leonid Kozachenko, President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAC), on Ukrainian Radio Details: Kozachenko recalled that before the full-scale invasion started, the Black Sea terminals were the main route for grain supplies for export.

Turkiye has remained the main importer of Russian grain and wheat in the first half of the 2023-2024 season, which starts on July 1, 2023, and ends on June 30, 2024, the Russian Union of Grain Exporters said Tuesday.

Ukraine's efforts to revive sea exports in defiance of Russia's military blockade have given a glimmer of hope to a teetering farm sector in which loss-making producers are abandoning some land in one of the world's biggest grain belts. With no end in sight to the war with Russia, access to the Black Sea is critical if Ukraine is to preserve an agricultural industry that was the fourth-largest grain supplier globally before the conflict and in value terms accounted for half of Ukraine's total exports last year. Ukraine's grain exports so far in the 2023/24 season tha...

The UK has stated that following their intelligence information, Russia intends to install sea mines in the path of civilian vessels carrying Ukrainian grain for export. Source: statement by the UK Foreign Office Details: Evidence published on 4 October suggested that Russia may continue to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea, including laying sea mines on the approaches to Ukrainian ports.

Brian Irey, grain trading expert and Crossroads Coop regional manager.