The government of Ukraine has introduced zero quotas for exports subject to licensing in 2022 of corn, oats, buckwheat, millet, sugar and salt suitable for human consumption, according to government resolution No. 207 dated March 5, published on the government website on Sunday.
According to the amendments he made to resolution No. 1424 on the list of goods whose export and import is subject to licensing, and quotas for 2022, dated December 29, 2021, zero quotas were also introduced for the export of live cattle and its frozen meat, “meat and edible meat offal, salted or in brine, dried or smoked; edible meal from meat or meat offal: bovine meat” (Ukrainian Customs Commodity Classification Codes for Foreign Trade code 021020).
Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the government had decided to limit the export of a number of socially important goods and the raw materials from which they are produced, but did not specify specific product groups.
Ukraine has expanded the list of goods, the export permit for which will be issued by the Economy Ministry, by five positions: from now on, the export of wheat, corn, poultry meat, chicken eggs and sunflower oil is subject to licensing. Resolution No. 207, expanding the list of exports and imports subject to licensing and quotas in 2022, was adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on Saturday, March 5.
It is clarified that licensing has been introduced for the export of wheat and meslin (a mixture of wheat and rye, Ukrainian Customs Commodity Classification Codes for Foreign Trade code 1001), corn (1005), domestic chicken meat (0207 11-0207 14), domestic chicken eggs (0407 21 00 00) and sunflower oil (1512 11 91 00).
In December 2021, the government adopted resolution No. 1424, which extended the licensing of anthracite coal exports to 2022.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a pause in hostilities in Ukraine to ensure the safe passage of civilians from Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy, as well as all other places covered by the conflict.
In Twitter on Sunday, he said that such a pause would also ensure the delivery of vital humanitarian supplies for those who remain.
According to the UN, civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia launched a war against Ukraine, to March 5 inclusive amounted to 1,123 civilians, including 364 dead, including 25 children.
“It is absolutely essential to establish a pause in the fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians from Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy, as well as all other places caught in conflict, and to ensure life-saving humanitarian supplies can move in for those who remain,” the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said.
In addition, the war started by Russia has led to the fact that the number of refugees from Ukraine has exceeded 1.5 million people, the UN said on Sunday.
The border guards let 2,450 vehicles and containers with humanitarian cargo into the country since the beginning of the war, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.
“Some of them also go to the needs of people who, as a result of the war and shelling, were forced to leave their hometowns and villages and temporarily live in the western regions,” the report says.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says that the payment of UAH 6,500 for those who have lost their jobs due to the war will begin next week.
“I appeal to the Ukrainians! The war came as a shock to all of us. Many have lost their homes, jobs, savings, but remained to defend Ukraine. Today the state will support you. On behalf of the President of Ukraine, the updated ePidtrymka program will start working next week. As part of this program, every employee, every private entrepreneur whose job was taken away by the war will be able to receive UAH 6,500,” Shmyhal said in his address on Sunday afternoon.
According to him, the program will work by analogy with payments for vaccination, that is, through the Diia application.
“The Ministry of Digital Transformation will inform about the details of how to issue assistance,” the prime minister added.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that the United States will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine.
The United States has provided constant support to Ukraine, including with the aim of strengthening its defense capabilities. Only recently, this assistance has amounted to about $1 billion, Blinken said on Sunday at a joint press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Chisinau.
He said that the United States will continue to provide assistance, including by planes through Poland.
At the same time, he again called for peace and did not say that the United States needed to maintain diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation.
He described the situation in Ukraine as the biggest challenge faced by the region, including Moldova, over the past 30 years.
He said that the United States will provide assistance to all countries that are the first to face this challenge, having a common border with Ukraine. The United States will allocate $2.75 billion for this, including assistance to countries supporting Ukrainian refugees, Blinken said.
Blinken arrived late the evening before on a visit to Moldova. On Sunday, he held meetings with the President, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova.
