165 ships carrying 3.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, according to the Ukrainian infrastructure ministry.
The ministry added that 10 ships with 169,300 tonnes of agricultural products were to leave Ukrainian Black Sea ports on September 18.
At 10:00 a.m., 8 ships left the ports of Great Odesa, and 2 more are waiting for their turn and favourable conditions
the ministry said.
However, recent reports claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to leave the Black Sea Grain Initiative, noting that not enough grain was going to the world’s poor.
Regarding the Black Sea Grain Initiative, two vital objectives already being achieved, a senior UN official said, pointing to the steady decrease in international food prices and the increasing availability of badly needed grain from Ukraine as signs of early success.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, UN trade chief Rebeca Grynspan, said that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had reported that food prices declined globally in August for the fifth straight month.