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[Ukrainian officials say that Ukraine has suspended grain exports from the Black Sea] Ukraine’s Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said on the 22nd that Ukraine has suspended grain exports through Black Sea ports due to port blockades. Vysotsky said in a video that "as of today" there are "no grain exports from the Odessa region and (related exports) have stopped." Vysotsky said that Ukraine has started exporting grain through railways, inland rivers and roads since August, with railways and inland rivers accounting for the vast majority of transportation volume. He said that Uzbekistan needs to export at least 5 million tons of grain every month and at least 60 million tons every year, but the transportation capacity of the above three channels is only half of the total required export volume. If Ukraine attempts to further expand the scale of land exports, it will push up the cost of food transportation and make exports unprofitable. Ukraine is a major exporter of corn and wheat, and its grain exports mainly rely on Black Sea ports. In recent months, Ukraine and Russia have frequently attacked each other's targets on the Black Sea. It is reported that due to the impact of mutual attacks on ports and cargo ships, the grain exports of Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov have almost stagnated, and the export capacity has been lost by more than 97%. (CCTV News)
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