On 28 June, a report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says that the war in the Ukraine is stifling trade and logistics of Ukraine and the Black Sea region. The search for alternate trade routes for Ukrainian goods has rapidly increased the demands on land and maritime transport infrastructure and services. Grain prices and shipping costs have been on the rise since 2020, but the war in Ukraine has exacerbated this trend and reversed a temporary decline in shipping prices. It says that increased costs imply higher prices for consumers and threaten to widen the poverty gap.
https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/osginf2022d2_en.pdf
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