Key Ag Commodities Receive Ukraine Export Licenses

Ukraine has introduced export licenses for its key agriculture commodities of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted a government resolution as saying on Sunday.

According to a report atReuters, the document said that traders would also need licenses to export poultry and eggs, the agency said.

Earlier on Sunday Ukraine suspended exports of several agricultural commodities in the face of Russia's invasion of the country. The government suspended exports of rye, oats, millet, buckwheat, salt, sugar, meat and livestock.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Railways said it isready to organize agricultural exports by railafter closure of the country's Black Sea ports because of the Russian invasion.