Ukraine has banned farmers from purchasing fertilizers from Russia, but they don’t have their own
Kyiv, April 06 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – The war in Donbass and the crisis in relations with the Russian Federation hit Ukrainian farmers hard not only with high prices, but also with a shortage of mineral fertilizers.
About this to the Kyiv weekly Vesti. Reporter" was told by Dmitry Gordeychuk, head of the consulting company "Infoindustry", according to whom the sowing campaign will cost farmers much more, since everything has become more expensive - from seeds and plant protection products to diesel fuel and mineral fertilizers.
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“The latter are generally a problem, since in this case we are talking not only about high prices, but also about shortages,” notes Gordiychuk. – Two of the six nitrogen chemical enterprises – Gorlovka Stirol and Severodonetsk Azot – are idle. The market is critically short of ammonium nitrate, a traditional fertilizer used by local farmers. If previously agricultural enterprises could compensate for the shortage by importing saltpeter from Russia, now this is impossible to do: since June 2014, a protective duty on imports of 36% has been in force. The measure would seem to be correct, given the current not the best relations with the Russian Federation, but this measure also hits its own farmers.”
According to expert forecasts, as a result, mainly small and medium-sized farms that do not purchase raw materials for future use will suffer.
Ukraine has banned farmers from purchasing fertilizers from Russia, but has no domestic supply.