Last month alone, 3.5 million tons of cargo was brought to the western borders by rail.
Ukraine expects to increase export capacity by 50% in the coming months by expanding infrastructure on its western border. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuri Vaskov, Reuters reports on Friday, May 6.
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More than a dozen ports hold 75% of Ukraine’s foreign trade, but they were closed after the Russian invasion, and the country is now forced to trade through small river ports on the Danube and use terminals. railway on the western border.
“Western borders and Danube ports are now the only means for exports and imports. We have already quadrupled the volume of trade through Danube ports,” Vaskov said at a press conference.
According to him, last month alone, 3.5 million tonnes of cargo was brought to the western border by rail. National railway operators make terminal boundaries for freight, as well as for transshipment from wide scale to narrow scale and vice versa.
“All this should lead to the fact that the capacity of the western border should increase by 50% in the coming months. But even considering this (more capacity – ed.) It will not be enough to serve at least half of the volumes were brought to the ports in peacetime, ”the official admitted.
Recall that in April, Ukraine increased exports of agricultural products more than five times. About 1.1 million tons of grain, oil, food were exported, while in March-less than 200 thousand tons.
Also, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine has found at least three options for exporting products during the war.
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Source: korrespondent
