The Cabinet has permitted to mix grain of different grades in granaries

the Government has made changes to the order of Ministry of agrarian policy № 661 dated 13.10.2008 year, which lifted the ban on mixing during storage in granaries of grain of different grades, - said the press service of the Ministry of economic development of Ukraine.

the report States that "farmers bear considerable additional costs" and the lifting of the ban will reduce logistics losses. During the years 2017-2020 economic effect of the introduction of the new solution can reach 10 billion.

First Deputy Minister of economic development and trade G. Nefedov emphasized that the ban applies to port and linear elevators. Permission for blending of different classes of grain will allow traders to save on logistics only up to 15% of the funds.

earlier, the participants of the grain market has repeatedly reported on the difficulties with the formation of parties of grain of linear and port elevators for export, which increased the deficit of capacities for simultaneous storage of grain of different varieties. The European business Association has suggested that such complexity was a result of the mismatch of outdated Standards and norms with the realities of today.