Lithuania will delay the Russian grain in Klaipeda for months.

Lithuania will delay the Russian grain in Klaipeda for months.

Lithuania will delay the transit of Russian and Belarusian grain at the port of Klaipeda until verification of its origin is completed, Reuters reports citing a representative of the country's Ministry of Agriculture. The tests began in September, and from next week wheat, barley, sunflower seeds and corn will not pass through customs until the test results are received.

Checks can take two months or more, and if the claimed origin turns out to be fake, the shipment will have to be returned or destroyed, the official said. In Lithuania there is no laboratory for such analyses, therefore the tests are done abroad, and all costs for storing, testing, returning or destroying grain will fall on the exporters.

The sanctions of the European Union prohibit the import of Russian grain, but transit through the territory of the Union is allowed. Estonia has already introduced its own ban, and Lithuania and Latvia are preparing similar measures. According to Reuters, Russian wheat exports are reaching about half of their normal volume, despite efforts to find alternative routes.

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