Almost 1.07 million tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started September 1 and ended September 30 (up 196,000 t compared with August). Meanwhile, the grain transportation volume reached almost 180,200 t in October 1-4.
Romanian operator Global Rail Solutions SRL, which provides grain transportation services by rail in Eastern and Central Europe, has received 78 Tagnpps 95 cubic meter grain hoppers from leasing company GATX Rail Europe (American corporation GATX).
Romania’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltǎrii Rurale, MADR) has published a draft mechanism for importing agricultural products from Moldova and Ukraine.
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Approximately 181 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of October 3 (up 1 wagon compared with the daily rate a week ago).
About 500 wagons were reportedly heading to the Batiovo – Epereshke land border crossing point on October 2. Meanwhile, some 50 wagons including 22 wagons with clay were moving to Chop – Zahony border crossing point on that date.
About 2,800 wagons were moving to the Izov station on September 27. Up to 2,000 wagons were on their way to the Mostyska-2 station on that date, including 1,000 containers, 450 wagons with metals and 219 wagons with coal.
As many as 309 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point in the period from of September 1 to September 28 (down 9 wagons compared with September 1-21).
On October 2, the EU officially lifted anti-dumping measures against imports of seamless pipes from Ukraine. They expired on October 3 at 00:00. This was stated by Yuriy Rudyuk, international trade lawyer and partner at Van Bael & Bellis (an independent law firm that focuses exclusively on WTO issues)
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi held a regular online meeting with Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria Kirill Vatiev to discuss grain exports.