A total of 6.04 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops were exported from Ukraine during the period started July 1 and ended September 22, 2023 (down 17% compared with the same period of the marketing year 2022-23).
The total rail transportation volume of mineral fertilizers surged by 86,000 t to 346,000 t in August compared with July (up 33% month-on-month), which has become the best monthly result since the start of this year.
About 683,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started September 1 and ended September 20 compared with 876,000 t during the entire August. Almost 519,000 t of grain were exported through the western land border crossing points in September 1-20
As many as 179 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing in September 1-19 (down 8 wagon compared with September 1-12).
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.
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.
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.
Up to 557 wagons were reportedly heading to the Batiovo – Epereshke land border crossing point on September 18, of which 108 wagons were loaded with grain, 220 wagons with iron ore, 81 wagons with mineral fertilizers, and 32 containers.
About 1,600 wagons including 143 wagons with sunflower oil, 460 wagons with cakes, 500 wagons with ore and 135 containers were moving to the Izov station on September 6. As many as 1,800 wagons of which 341 wagons with metals