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In the 2024/25 marketing season, which ended on June 30, 2025, Ukraine exported 46.7 million tons of grains and oilseeds, which is significantly lower than the previous season (57.5 million tons of grains and oilseeds). As previously noted, this decrease is explained by smaller carryover stocks from the previous season, as well as a slightly lower harvest. According to UGA estimates, the production of grains […]

Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports have killed over 30 workers and caused billions of dollars in damage, yet most terminals remain operational. Edgar Martin of Infospectrum, part of Lloyd’s List Intelligence, provides a brief summary and background of the Ukrainian shipping sector in wartime. THE full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has radically altered Ukrainian shipping. War has rerouted its trade flows, but […]

OFSI’s new series, ‘Financial Sanctions: The Basics’, highlights 6 key areas in OFSI and financial sanctions more generally. The first video in OFSI’s ‘Financial Sanctions: The Basics’ series provides detail on the work carried out at OFSI and how financial sanctions work more generally. The second video in OFSI’s ‘Financial Sanctions: The Basics’ series provides an insight into the range of guidance that OFSI produces […]