Within the scope of the Grain Corridor Agreement, which was put into practice with Turkey's vigorous efforts, 1,680,396 tons of grain was transported in the first month. According to the data of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, 23 percent of this load came to Turkey.
The following information was given on the twitter account of the General Directorate of Maritime of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, regarding the loads transported within the scope of the "Grain Corridor Agreement":
"Within the scope of the grain corridor, a total of 69 loaded vessels have left the ports in the Ukrainian cities of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhne. Flags, owners or operators of 26 of the 69 vessels were Turkish. 27 of the 69 vessels brought their load to Turkish ports, while the others delivered to Germany, Djibouti, China, France, South Korea, India, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Iran, Ireland, Spain, Israel, Italy, Libya, Lebanon, Egypt, Romania, Somalia, Sudan and Greece.
Ten types of cargo, which are sunflower seeds, sunflower meal, sunflower oil, barley, wheat, corn, soybean, sugar beet, peas and canola seeds, were transported with these vessels. The total amount of cargo transported to date is 1,680,396 tons. The total load carried by vessels arriving at Turkish ports is 378,887 tons. Loads of peas, corn, sunflower meal, wheat, sunflower seeds and sunflower oil have arrived at Turkish ports. Of the 69 vessels, 22 are vessels that have been stranded since 24 February. Others are the vessels that go to Ukraine, load and return, only after the opening of the grain corridor.
A total of 86 vessels have been inspected by the joint center in Istanbul or their inspections have been planned so far, for the first time after the war situation and the opening of the grain corridor, to the ports in the Ukrainian cities of Yuzhne, Chornomorsk and Odessa. Flags, owners or operators of 35 (41 percent) of the 86 vessels were Turkish."