The first humanitarian shipment of Russian fertilizers is anticipated to depart for Africa during the first week of November, Post Online Media reported on Nov. 1, citing the Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan.
The report cited Grynspan as saying the fertilizers are being donated by Uralchem for humanitarian needs in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, with the direct engagement of the World Food Programme (WFP).
“Specific actions are bearing some results to our efforts, especially with relation to the fertilizers currently stored in ports and warehouses in European ports,” she said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in September said Russia was prepared to donate some 300,000 mt of Russian fertilizers that had built up in European Union (EU) ports “free of charge” to developing countries (GM Sept. 16, p. 28). Putin had been urging the UN to exert pressure on the EU to lift restrictions it has imposed on Russian fertilizers.