Tag: grain corridor
CFTS reprints an article by Kurt Volker published by the CEPA portal.
Until now, Russia has repeatedly used the demand to resume ammonia transit as a blackmailing tool in the issue of the operation of the grain corridor.
Russia’s obstruction of the initiative and its threats to withdraw from it threaten to push up global food prices.
It has emerged that Russia has agreed to resume the inspections of vessels heading to the Odesa and Chornomorsk ports but not vessels heading to the Pivdennyi port.
62 inbound ships are still awaiting inspection.
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense has announced that inspections of ships have resumed.
90 ships are awaiting inspection in Turkish territorial waters, including 62 ships bound for Ukrainian seaports.
Four vessels, including a vessel chartered by the World Food Program, were unable to leave the ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Pivdennyi on 26 April.
The ship delivered 30,000 tons of grain to the country.
For the second time in the nine months since the launch of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, no inspection plan has been drawn up and no vessel has been inspected.
The inspections resumed on Wednesday.
Almost half of this period has already passed.
Ukraine blames this on sabotage by the Russian Federation.
This has resulted in a shortfall of almost 15 million tons in the volume of food exports.
In total, almost 26 million tons of agricultural products have been exported since the opening of the ‘grain corridor.’
Russia continues to hinder the inspection process.
In addition, the country will generate 135 billion in additional tax revenues per year if the blockade of its seaports is lifted fully.
Over 320,000 tons of wheat have been shipped to Kenya since the opening of the "grain corridor."
The country will receive 30,000 tons of humanitarian wheat.