The termination of the grain corridor in July 2023 will be fully compensated by food supplies via a new sea route that opened in August. Further expansion of the logistics capacity of this route is not ruled out, according to the National Bank of Ukraine’s Inflation Report (January 2024). “The average monthly volume of goods delivered through the new sea corridor will be about 7 million tons. The capacity will be sufficient not only for the export of 2023-2024 harvests but also for increasing exports of mining and metals products,” the review says. According to the NBU, the continuation of pos…