On May 9, the European Parliament voted to extend for another year the zero anti-dumping duties and safeguards for Ukrainian exports of fruits and vegetables (subject to the system of input prices), as well as agricultural products and processed products (subject to tariff quotas) to the European Union.
Starting May 9 and until the decision is revoked, the operator ZSSK Cargo is prohibited from accepting wheat and meslin (HS 1001), rye (1002), rapeseed (1205) and sunflower seeds (1206) for transportation from Ukraine to Slovakia for all consignees.
Ukrzaliznytsia is launching a new service called Intermodal Train, which allows shippers to sign an agreement with Ukrzaliznytsia on direct regular container transportation.
A total of 13,108 wagons were carried through the Izov-Hrubieszów land border crossing point in April with the average daily transfer rate of wagons (down 119 wagons per day compared with March).
About 288 wagons (three to four trains) were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing as of May 4.
As many as 10,500 wagons addressed to foreign operators were seen running in the Ukrzaliznytsia rail network on May 3.
In the period from May 5 to June 5, PKP Cargo S.A. is prohibited from accepting wheat and meslin (HS 1001), corn (1005), rapeseed (1205) and sunflower seeds (1206) for transportation from Ukraine to Poland for all consignees.
A total of 11,970 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western border crossings on May 4, which is 149 units below the number seen on April 30.
A total of 21.1 million tonnes of various types of cargo were transported by rail in Poland in March 2023, up 11% month-on-month and up 8% year-on-year.
Following a successful trial, Samskip and LTG Cargo are launching a new rail service between Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (Lithuania) and the Logport III complex in Duisburg (Germany).