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14 million tons of grain exported from Ukraine: UN

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Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/15/20221215-cargo-ship-zante-epa-efe.jpg"/><figcaption>Cargo ship Zante, carrying Ukranian grain, sails on the Bosphorus Strait, in Istanbul, Turkey, 02 November 2022. On 02 November Russian Defence Ministry in a statement announced Russia will resume its participation in the grain exports deal, after suspending its participation on 29 October. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN</figcaption></figure></div>GENEVA, Switzerland - More than 14 million tons of grain have been exported from Ukraine under the Black Sea deal with Russia, easing global food prices, the United Nations said Thursday.Rebeca Grynspan, head of the UN&#x27;s trade and development agency UNCTAD which helped broker the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), said it had reduced world food prices for seven straight months.&quot;We have surpassed 14 million tonnes of food that has come out through the Black Sea Grain Initiative,&quot; Grynspan told reporters at the UN in Geneva.&quot;The volumes that we are talking about are very significant for the market.&quot;Ukraine, one of the world&#x27;s top grain producers, was invaded by neighboring Russia in February.Two agreements brokered by the UN were signed on July 22.The BSGI concerned the export of Ukrainian grain blocked by Russia&#x27;s war. It was due to run out on November 19 but was extended for another 120 days. It has helped ease the global food crisis caused by the invasion.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2382150" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>The second agreement, between Moscow and the UN, was aimed to facilitate the export of Russian food and fertilisers, which are exempt from Western sanctions imposed on Moscow.<div>Exports down on 2021</div>Grynspan brushed off claims that grain exports from Ukraine were ending up in wealthy countries rather than developing ones.The former vice president of Costa Rica said grain exports for livestock had to be differentiated from those intended for human consumption.&quot;Animal feed has never gone in the majority to developing countries: it is more a developed country import,&quot; she said.&quot;Two-thirds of wheat exports are going to developing countries,&quot; which have been &quot;benefiting widely&quot; from the Black Sea deal in terms of grain for human consumption.But the UNCTAD chief acknowledged that grain export volumes remained below 2021 levels.&quot;We are not where we want to be,&quot; she said.Grynspan is also concerned about a potential fertilizer crisis next year, saying the high price of fertilizer could cause an availability crisis in 2023.She also said time was running out, because the sowing season cannot be extended.&quot;That&#x27;s why we are pressing so hard to be able to solve this problem as soon as possible,&quot; she said.<div>Fertilizer crunch</div>Moscow has complained that the agreement exempting its fertilizers from sanctions, which is due to run for three years, is not being respected.Grynspan voiced cautious optimism that progress could be made soon on Russian fertilizer exports, but did not elaborate on the negotiations, saying there were still obstacles ahead.As part of the UN&#x27;s efforts to combat global food insecurity through the agreements signed in July, the UN&#x27;s World Food Programme (WFP) is facilitating the shipment of 260,000 tonnes of fertilizer, which is being considered as a humanitarian donation by the Russian firm Uralchem/Uralkali.The fertilizer is stuck in ports in the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Latvia, Grynspan said, adding that the four countries had agreed to its release.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/07/22/marcos-tackles-plan-to-import-fertilizer-in-2023">Marcos tackles plan to import fertilizer in 2023</a></li></ul>The first boatload of 20,000 tons of Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium (NPK) left from the Netherlands on a WFP-chartered vessel on November 29, bound for Malawi via a port in Mozambique.The shipment has not yet arrived, Grynspan said.Experts have already inspected the fertilizers being held in Belgium, Estonia and Latvia, and the UN is awaiting authorisation before it can send it to West Africa, she said, specifying that these exports would go through a programme set up by the World Bank.apo/rjm/nl/jmm<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

More than 14 million tons of grain have been exported from Ukraine under the Black Sea deal with Russia, easing global food prices, the UN said Thursday.

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14 million tons of grain exported from Ukraine: UN

Agnès Pedrero,

Agence France-Presse

Published December 16, 2022 04:17 AM PHT

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