Tag Archives: Black Sea Grain Initiative

Reuters’ Guy Faulconbridge and Tuvan Gümrükçü reported Monday that ″Russia and Ukraine negotiated for two months with Türkiye on a deal to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea and reached agreement on a text that was to be announced by Ankara but Kyiv suddenly pulled out, four people …

Rice prices have risen in the wake of new trade restrictions, a few weeks ahead of an October meeting of WTO senior officials that is intended to lay the groundwork for progress at the trade body’s thirteenth ministerial conference in five months’ time. Markets around the world have reacted to …

In coordination with UN, Türkiye continues efforts to revive Black Sea grain deal… ISTANBUL… Following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, which was implemented with the UN’s mediation and Turkey’s contribution, efforts to revive the deal continue. At a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov …

Türkiye doubts Black Sea grain deal could survive without Russia, says President Erdoğan’s chief adviser… There is no alternative to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Akif Çağatay Kılıç said on Monday.  Stressing the importance of the revival of the Black Sea grain deal, …

Falling international maize and sugar prices partly offset notable jumps in wheat and vegetable oil quotations. Global food commodity prices rose in July, influenced by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and new trade restrictions on rice, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported …

Türkiye has ramped up its wheat production as part of efforts to mitigate the drought threat that is sweeping the world to avoid any potential disruption in food supply, according to an industry official. Haluk Tezcan, the head of the Turkish Flour Industry Federation (TUSAF), hailed what he said was …

The secretary-general of the United Nations highlighted the importance of access to Russian fertilizers and cooperation with Türkiye in this regard amid an ongoing fertilizer market crunch. Antonio Guterres spoke with Anadolu Agency (AA) ahead of the high-profile U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) beginning on Sept. 20 at U.N. headquarters in …

Four more ships left Ukrainian ports under the July 22 Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Two ships departed from the Ukrainian port of Chernomorsk, while the others from Odessa and Yuzhny ports, the ministry said on Twitter. It added that a ship coming from …