Agriculture Minister: Necessary to create own grain carrier fleet

He has announced it at the enlarged session of the Ministry's Board on Monday, January 18.

"It is necessary to accelerate creation of grain terminals at the ports of the Black Sea and on the border with China, and formation of our own grain carrier fleet", he emphasized.

According to him, today we have skewness between the volume of grain production, capacities of its storage and opportunities of export infrastructure.

"In this context it is important to create a joint grain company based on private-public partnership, which will play role of the largest operator on management of the country's grain resources", the Minister added.