In Q1 2024, the plants of OSTCHEM nitrogen holding (Group DF) produced 520,600 tons of mineral fertilizers (+1% compared to the same period in 2023), including 387,400 tons produced at CherkasyAzot (+4%, respectively) and 128,000 tons at RivneAzot (unchanged).
On April 22, representatives of the European Commission, the Department of Mobility and Transport of Slovakia, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport Denisa Žiláková visited the ZSSK CARGO TKD Dobrá combined transport terminal and the transshipment point in Čierna nad Tisou
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On April 22 at 13:00, the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland reported the end of the protest of Polish farmers in front of the Dorohusk-Yagodyn checkpoint which had been ongoing since February 9.
Due to a 24% hike to 97,000 t in the inflow of imported mineral fertilizers into Ukraine in March compared with February, the overall transportation volume of fertilizers increased by 4% month-on-month or 10,000 t to 239,000 t in Ukraine in March despite the fact that supplies within the country sagged by 5%
The Poland’s port complex Szczecin-Świnoujście reported a 19.4% decrease in cargo turnover to 7.57 million t in January-March 2024 compared with the same period of 2023.
On April 23, the European Parliament approved the extension of the duty-free trade agreement with Ukraine until June 2025, but now with protection for EU farmers. The decision was voted for by 428 MPs, against by 131, and abstentions by 44.
As part of USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity, 42 rail and road checkpoints are to be modernized on Ukraine’s western borders. So far, 20 road and seven rail checkpoints have been inspected. They are crucial for Ukrainian exports and need to be improved to create new export routes.
In Q1 2024, the Polish railway operator PKP LHS transported 2.9 million tons of cargo, which is 152,400 tons more than in the same period last year. In particular, the company increased imports by 97% and exports by 77.5%.
On April 10, a new intermodal service was launched between the PKP Cargo Zduńska Wola terminal (Karsznice, Poland) and the seaport of Rotterdam. The first trip from the Netherlands to Poland took three days.