Ukraine will apply to the EU in a move to establish more checkpoints

Working together with Hungary, Ukraine will be applying to the European Union in a move to increase the number of checkpoints for the export of Ukrainian products along the Ukrainian-Hungarian border. This came as an announcement during a briefing by the Minister of Agriculture for Hungary, Ivstan Nadia.

"Former transit corridors led through the Black Sea. Land corridors have a very small carrying capacity. We will jointly appeal to the EU so we can develop capacity both on the Ukrainian and Hungarian sides," explains Ivstan. "We are worried about what the world's food supply will be like as a result of the war. I am very grateful to Minister Mykola Solsky for the detailed conversation. We are interested in speeding up the movement of goods. This is not only a Hungarian, Ukrainian or European interest. This is a global interest."

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi said that Ukraine needs to export 18 million tonnes of last year's harvest. Wheat harvesting is currently underway and soon farmers will be moving on to harvest rapeseed.

 "It is very important for us to increase the logistics routes through Hungary to Europe, to develop the infrastructure related to the export of Ukrainian grain, and also to satisfy the interests of Ukrainian and Hungarian businesses regarding joint projects. We have cooperated with countries that have transit to the sea, such as Poland and Romania. Slovakia and Hungary are logistics corridors to the European market.

"These routes were not developed because we traded by sea. As we move into the EU, we need to expand new export destinations in the EU. We understand that it is necessary to define areas on the border, to ensure motor transport opportunities," says Mykola Solskyi.

"We have fewer checkpoints on the border with Hungary than with Romania or Poland, so we plan to increase it and are already working on it," he concludes.

 
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