A total of 3 million t of Ukrainian iron ore were carried by railways in November (up 17% compared with October). Export iron ore traffic increased by 19% month-on-month to 2.3 million t in November, while domestic deliveries rose by 10% month-on-month to 700,000 t.
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Adif, a railway infrastructure operator, has announced the start of repairing the railway infrastructure at its La Negrilla cargo terminal in Spain. In particular, rails, concrete sleepers and ballast are to be replaced on eleven tracks. This railroad section includes two public tracks, three are receiving and sending tracks, five are in the warehouse… Read more »
The Port of Trieste (Italy) and the Rail Cargo Group (part of Austrian Federal Railways / ÖBB) are implementing an initiative to speed up customs procedures.
Following an administrative review of anti-dumping measures against imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand originating from Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce set the dumping margin at 0% on November 16. Note that previously the tariff of 19.3% had been in effect since 2021.
A total of 15.29 million tonnes of grain and legumes were exported from Ukraine from the beginning of the current marketing year (July 1) to December 15, 2023, which is 23% below the result of the same period of MY 2022/2023. In particular, exports included 7.7 million t of corn (down 29% y-o-y), 6.5… Read more »
Export prices for Ukrainian grain have inched down by mid-December, although there are some preconditions for an increase. Thus, the domestic market is seeing competition between processing and export-oriented companies as farmers restrain sales.
Australian wheat prices have declined following the general trend, the ongoing harvesting campaign, as well as amid higher production (+1 million tons to 25.5 million tons) and export (+500,000 tons to 22 million tons) estimates by USDA experts.
The sunflower oil market remains sluggish, with offers on a CIF Mersin basis coming in at $875-880/t, and buyers willing to negotiate at $860-865/t. There is still no info about signed deals.
Since the beginning of December, the port of Riga has launched a regular container train between the two busiest terminals – Riga Universal Terminal and Baltic Container Terminal. The operator is the private carrier Baltijas Ekspresis in cooperation with the port companies