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Romanian Port Key For Ukraine Grain Faces Overflow As Black Sea Deal On Edge

Ukraine's on-off Black Sea grain deal has made the nearest port of Constanta in neighbouring Romania a key alternative that is set for volumes doubling its...

Ukraine Food Exports Via Danube Hits All-Time High In May: Port Authority

Ukrainian Danube river ports exported a record three million tonnes of food in May amid a significant slowdown in exports through its key Black Sea ports,...

World Food Prices Fall To Two-Year Low In May: UN Food Agency

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in May to its lowest in two years, as a slump in prices of vegetable oils, cereals and da...

Ukraine Black Sea Grain Deal Extended For Two Months

The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what UN secretary general Antonio Guterres hailed as "good news for the wor...

World Food Prices Rise For First Time In A Year: FAO

The United Nations food agency's world price index rose in April for the first time in a year, but is still some 20% down on a record high hit in March 202...

Ukraine Agrees With Poland On Grain Transit, But Black Sea Deal In Doubt

Poland has agreed to lift a ban on the transit of Ukrainian grain and food products, but Ukraine said a wartime deal allowing it to safely ship g...

EU Warns Against Unilateral Steps After Poland, Hungary Ban Ukrainian Grain

Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, the bloc's executive said, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and...

Ukraine Could Export More Grain This Season

Ukraine may export a further 15.6 million tonnes of grain in the April to June quarter, which would unexpectedly lift this season's exports to nearly 53 mi...