NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on Nostr: In the first half of 2024, Ukrainian ports increased cargo handling by 68%, ...

In the first half of 2024, Ukrainian ports increased cargo handling by 68%, processing 52.7 million tons compared to 31.3 million tons in the same period in 2023. This increase, reported by Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, included over 63.5% agro-industrial products and over 36% from other sectors like mining and metallurgy. In 2023, cargo transport was restricted by the Istanbul Grain Initiative.