The Viterra Ukraine Company (Viterra) provided the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine JSC with 2 thousand tons of wheat for processing for the needs of the civilian population.

This is stated in the message of the GPZKU.

“Flour, which will be processed at the facilities of JSC GPZKU, will be sent as humanitarian aid to the regions most affected by Russian aggression,” the message says.

Volodymyr Balan, General Director of Vaterra Ukraine, said: “It is terrible to see the growing number of victims among the civilian population of Ukraine. On behalf of our company, I express my deep condolences in these difficult times. Our company can provide assistance to Ukraine in order to prevent a possible humanitarian crisis.”

Now SFGCU is coordinating the logistics process for the delivery of wheat, processing at its facilities and delivering flour to the regions most affected by the war.

For reference: The State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU) was established by the Government of Ukraine in August 2010. It includes an extensive branch network - linear and port elevators, mills, feed mills and cereal factories. In total, 53 subdivisions-branches of the SFGCU can store 3.75 million tons of grain, including the total capacity for transshipment for export of Odessa and Nikolaev ports is about 2.5 million tons of grain cargo per year. The corporation has two own river terminals (Golopristansky and Velikolepetikhsky elevators) with the possibility of reloading grain to water transport. All processing enterprises of SPCCU have implemented the food safety management system ISO 22000:2005 HACCP.

Viterra Ukraine is a subsidiary of the Viterra Group and has been present in Ukraine since 1996. Viterra is one of the world leaders in the procurement and supply of agricultural products.

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