Ukraine and Syria plan to expand cooperation in the agricultural sector, combining food support with the development of trade, technology and knowledge exchange.
This was discussed during a meeting between Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi and Syria’s Minister of Agriculture Bazil Hafez al-Suwaydan.
Read MoreIn Bukovyna, a comprehensive upgrade of the “Kelmentsi – Larga” checkpoint on the border with Moldova has been completed.
The key solution during the modernisation was the use of modular infrastructure. This made it possible to avoid lengthy capital construction.
Before the upgrade, service staff worked in metal trailers that did not meet modern requirements and lacked comfortable working conditions.
Read MoreDue to the halt in maritime exports, Ukraine is currently shipping about 300 thousand tonnes of vegetable oil per month – only half of previous volumes.
In August, sunflower oil is being exported at a rate of 5–7 thousand tonnes per day, with an additional 2–3 thousand tonnes of rapeseed and soybean oil. In total, this amounts to around 8 thousand tonnes per day, or up to 300 thousand tonnes per month. This is half the volumes recorded before sea...
Read MoreSofia is tightening control over imported agricultural products, and for Ukrainian seeds it has already been directly announced that checks for pesticide residues will be carried out. Every consignment arriving in the country will be subject to control.
All imports of sunflower seeds from Ukraine will be monitored and tested for pesticide residues.
Read MoreThe subsidiary of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” – UZ Cargo Poland – carried out the handover of a record freight train through the border crossing with Poland.
On 15 August, UZ Cargo Poland, in cooperation with LTG Cargo Polska, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. and JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”, for the first time organised the transfer of a 1,435 mm gauge train consisting of 64 tank cars through the international railway crossing Dorohusk – Yahodyn.
Read MoreLast week, representatives of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries conducted an online audit of Ukraine’s control system and production facilities accredited for exporting poultry products to that country.
This is one of the key stages of multi-year work to lift restrictions on imports of Ukrainian poultry products into Japan, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection (Derzhprodspozhyvsluzhba) reported...
Read MoreUkraine is seeing a rapid recovery in rail export volumes of agro-processing products.
Over the first 18 days of August, volumes of vegetable oil transported by rail for export rose by 55.9% compared with the same period last year. In total, 71.9 thousand tonnes of oil were shipped by rail during this period – 19.4% higher than July’s figures.
Read MoreThe company Orniberry grows blueberries with a focus on foreign buyers – exports account for 90% of all products sold by the farm.
The farm works with certification systems that confirm compliance with international standards: GlobalG.A.P., GRASP and SMETA. The latter certificate is a mandatory requirement for entering the UK market, which the company plans to enter in the near future.
Read MoreThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported in the first reading draft law No. 15450 – the new Customs Code of Ukraine.
Adoption of the new Customs Code is one of the conditions for receiving macro-financial assistance (Ukraine Support Loan), which will make it possible to attract EUR 1.5 billion to the state budget to cover key expenditures.
Read MoreAccording to the results of 2025, the volume of Ukrainian honey exports amounted to 50.11 thousand tonnes, which in monetary terms equals USD 124.92 million.
In 2026, exports for the first 7 months (as of 31 July) totalled 18.87 thousand tonnes of product with a total value of USD 65.79 million.
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