Ukraine this week said it is not ready to export grain through Belarus.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko last week offered for Ukrainian grain exports to be routed by rail through the country to ports on the Baltic Sea. However, the offer was made only on the basis if Belarus could use German, Baltic, and Russian ports to ship Belarusian goods, including potash.
Russia has blockaded Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea, which were previously the main export route for Ukrainian grains and oilseeds. The war with Russia has left nearly 25 million mt of grains stuck in silos in Ukraine, including some 20 million mt of wheat, according to a U.N food agency official on May 6, as cited by a Reuters report (GM May 27, p. 1 & p. 32).