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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Ukraine farming group calls for urgent end to ports blockade

Harvester working in field
Ukraine produces as much as half the world’s sunflower seeds and a tenth of its wheat. Photograph: Serhii Liakhevych/Alamy

One of Ukraine’s largest farming groups has called for an urgent solution to unblock the country’s Black Sea ports as exports of grain, sunflower and rapeseed are being held up by the Russian naval blockade, driving inflation and shortages around the world.

G7 ministers have held urgent talks about trying to open routes through Romanian and Baltic ports, potentially fed with an army of 10,000 trucks making a five-day trip from Ukraine.

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