For full exports, in particular agricultural products, Ukraine needs not only to solve the problems of alternative logistics, but also to provide shipowners with reliable security guarantees. We are talking about an effective insurance mechanism. The general director of the Ukrainian Club of Agricultural Business Association (UCAB) Oleg Khomenko told reporters about this..

Current situation.

He emphasized that the situation in the agro-industrial complex is critical due to the cyclical nature of production: farmers need to attract significant funds for sowing, and problems with storing and shipping grain are only getting worse.

According to him, alternative logistics routes are not yet capable of fully replacing the Black Sea, either in terms of throughput or economic feasibility..

To guarantee Ukrainian exports access to the ports of other countries, about 1 billion euros are needed. At the same time, we are talking about funds that will remain in the European economy in the form of payment for services and taxes paid by EU transport companies.

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Ukrzaliznytsia tariffs are a pain.

According to him, new tariffs for Ukrzaliznytsia transportation are an additional burden for business.. Since the railway has already lost 75% of the cargo that previously went to the ports, such a decision will not give the expected economic effect, but will only worsen the liquidity of exporters.

According to the expert, the tariff increase should be temporarily canceled. At the same time, it is advisable to return to the practice of applying conventions in order to prevent transport collapse at railway crossings.

“Currently, the queue on the Reni-Izmail direction is about 2 thousand. wagons with a throughput capacity of 120–130 wagons per day - that is, the downtime lasts about 20 days, and the shipper pays for it. In such conditions, it is necessary to create an anti-crisis headquarters and synchronize work: a train should leave for the port only if there is absolute confirmation of readiness to receive it,” noted Oleg Khomenko.

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Risks.

Sea ports must resume work before January, otherwise the spring sowing campaign will be in jeopardy due to lack of money among farmers. If the situation develops according to the worst scenario, the industry will face massive bankruptcies.

“The situation can be improved by the government returning the practice of state insurance at the expense of the reserve fund. It is necessary to replenish this fund by UAH 5 billion by the end of the year and provide another UAH 10 billion for the next year to compensate for losses to shipowners and cargo owners,” Khomenko believes.

However, small producers are unlikely to be able to take advantage of such a mechanism.

Earlier it was reported that the movement of ships heading to the Black Sea ports of Ukraine was suspended. This decision was made by the shipowners themselves due to the threat of Russian attacks..