Ukrainian ports have shipped some 4.7m tonnes of food under grain deal: ministry

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A total of 211 ships with 4.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine so far under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to unblock Ukrainian seaports, reported on Saturday the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure.

The ministry said eight ships carrying 131,300 tons of agricultural products are due to leave Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Saturday.

Ukraine’s grain exports plummeted after Russia invaded the country on February 24 and blockaded its Black Sea ports, pushing up global food prices and sparking fears of shortages in Africa and the Middle East.

Ukraine, one of the world’s leading grain producers and exporters, shipped up to 6 million tons of grain a month before the war.

Three Black Sea ports were reopened under an agreement signed on July 22 by Moscow and kyiv, and the ministry has said that these ports can load and send abroad between 100 and 150 cargo ships a month.

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