The government of Ukraine has imposed new rules for food exports, banning some items from being exported to other nations as the country attempts to fight off a Russian invasion. “In order to prevent the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, market stability, and meet the needs of the population in critical food products, the Government has established new rules for the export of agricultural goods,” Roman Leshchenko, minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, said in a March 8 statement. The new directive forbids the export of oats, millet, buckwheat, sugar, salt, wheat, and cattle and their by-products. Items such as wheat and a mixture of wheat and rye (meslin), the meat of domestic chickens, sunflower oil, and corn can now only be exported under specific declarative licensing. Other than the listed items, everything else can be exported as usual, according to the Ukrainian government. Ukraine and Russia combine to …
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