The European Commission does not extend the temporary restriction on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products to Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, provided that Ukraine complies with measures that will avoid a significant increase in grain imports.
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Recently, TAS Agro has exported 1,500 t of rapeseed oil for the first time to consumers in China. In general, the company has been processing oilseeds (rapeseed, sunflower, soybeans) on a tolling basis at its partners’ plants for the second year in a row.
From September 12 to 22, due to a significant number of shipments, DB Cargo Deutschland (DBCDE) will be prohibited from transporting all cargo from Slovakia at the Altenburg station in Germany.
Starting from September 18 and until the decision is revoked, transportation of certain cargoes from Ukraine to Hungary is prohibited for Rail Cargo Hungaria Zrt. and MMV Magyar Maganvasut Zrt consignees.
About 336 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point in the period from of September 1 to September 14 (down 4 wagons compared with September 1-7).
A total of 94.9 million tonnes of goods of various product groups were transported in the Ukrzaliznytsia rail network during the period from January 1 to August 31, 2023, which is 10.5% below the same period of 2022.
In September, transportation-expedition company Vertical launched a new route for the transportation of rapeseed in transit through Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The first train with grain was delivered to Germany.
During a meeting of Ukrainian and Slovak railroaders, Josef Virba, a representative of ZSSK Cargo, said that in October, the Czech steel plant Třinecké Železárny is expected to radically reduce the volume of iron ore it accepts.