TAS Agro revises sales strategy, ships 80% of 2025 harvest

Due to Russia’s attacks, air raid alerts, transport disruptions, and changes in logistics chains, Ukrainian growers are suffering significant losses. Logistics costs have increased by 25–35%, depending on the route, TAS Agro’s Commercial Director Anton Zhemerdieiev told Forbes Ukraine.

According to him, logistics costs for trucks and railcars have risen by $1–5 per ton, while for vessels the increase amounts to $7–10 per ton.

Exporting via the Danube served as an alternative to blocked seaports in 2022. However, damaged rail infrastructure and the clearly weaker economics of shipping coaster-sized lots of 7,000–10,000 tons make this option unprofitable in 2026, Zhemerdieiev said. Exporting agricultural products overland through Ukraine’s western borders is also largely not a viable option, he added.

“This may work for non-GMO soybeans, rapeseed, and certain niche products, but certainly not for corn or wheat,” Zhemerdieiev noted.

TAS Agro has already shipped 80% of its 2025 harvest, which is 15% ahead of last year’s pace. The company began revising its sales strategy back in October, after Russia shelled key railway junctions in Chernihiv region, one of the group’s core areas of operation.

“We had contracts with tight delivery deadlines and switched to longer-term ones in order to plan logistics in advance,” Zhemerdieiev explained.