Ukraine er verdens tredjestørste majs-eksportør, og krisen omkring Ruslands indlemmelse af den ukrainske halvø Krim kan betyde hævede priser på den vigtige afgrøde kloden rundt. Ukraine eksporterer store mængder majs til Nordafrika, Mellemøsten og Kina.
JOHANNESBURG, 20. March 2014 (IRIN): The political crisis in Ukraine, the world’s third biggest exporter of maize, could affect global prices of the grain and global reserves in the 2014-2015 season, say experts.
The US Grain Council said in a recent statement that shipments from the Ukraine, which exports to North Africa, the Middle East and China, are “becoming increasingly difficult”.
The Council also expressed concern that economic instability in the country, which has been afflicted with civil unrest since the end of 2013, would affect planting of the maize crop for the 2014-2015 season.
Abdolreza Abbassian, an economist with the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Secretary of the G20 Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), said global reserves of the main staples – maize, wheat and rice – were good at the moment, but that the situation in 2014-2015 could become problematic.
Contrary to media reports, Ukraine has delivered the bulk of its current export orders, he said. Still, he echoed the US Grain Council’s concerns about the 2014-2015 harvest.
“Exporters from Russia, the EU [European Union] and the US will be stepping in to cover the gaps in supply [resulting from the Ukraine crisis]. This would, in turn, affect the global reserves, as countries might put in too much of their reserves in the market,” he added.
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