Poland plans to build a new grain terminal at the Port of Gdansk, which will enable the country to conduct a fully controlled, conscious grain policy in a crisis situation, prime minister Donald Tusk said on Monday December 2. The investment will be ready by 2026.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited the site of the expansion of the grain terminal at the Port of Gdansk.

In a press conference at the Port of Gdansk, Tusk said that the government is taking actions aimed at increasing the capacity of grain exports abroad. Tusk told reporters that the new terminal will be at the disposal of the Polish state.

“It will not only perform commercial functions, but will be a safety device in the hands of the Polish state as part of protecting the country’s national interests and Polish farmers,” Tusk said.

The expansion of the terminal will enable an increase in transshipment capacity to approximately 2.9 million tons per year.

“Polish ports are in good financial condition, which is why we must go a step further by investing in areas that are necessary to ensure our security and development strength. An entirely Polish grain terminal with a very high capacity will be built,” emphasized the minister of infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak.

The investment related to the grain terminal is also very important for the development of Gdansk. This is not the end of investments in the port of Gdansk as more investments will follow, according to the Polish government.

“Thanks to the government’s investments, Polish ports will become an important pillar of our security, both economic, energy and military. This is not the only investment in which this cooperation is important from the point of view of Gdansk,” noted the mayor of Gdansk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz.

Poland is an increasingly large exporter of grain. In order to manage the growing production Poland must expand its ports. “We can therefore sell surplus grain abroad,” Donald Tusk added.

According to figures from Statistics Poland, the harvest of total cereals will amount to around 35.3 million tonnes and will be around 2% less than last year’s.

Furthermore, the production of basic cereals with cereal mixtures is estimated at 25.4 million tonnes, i.e. about 4% less than last year’s harvest.