As many as 8,400 wagons loaded with various goods were awaiting transferring through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 14 compared with almost 9,800 wagons in late November.
More than 7,100 wagons were standing loaded with grain awaiting unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on December 14. With about 987 wagons accepted at the stations a day, it may take up to 7 days to serve all these wagons.
According to data covering the period from December 1 to December 13, a total of 1.06 million tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways (compared with 2.43 million t in November), of which about 807,000 t arrived at Ukrainian ports
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi held a regular online meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria Kirill Vatiev on the supply of agricultural products.
The Lithuanian freight carrier LTG Cargo (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai) is sending a train with groupage cargo of three customers in containers from the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal to Ukraine. The train has already been formed and will carry PET granules, ammonium sulfate, and empty containers.
US soybean quotes have been under pressure from improving weather conditions in South America. During the week, private exporters have reported sales of 136,000 t of soybeans to China and 121,000 t of oilseeds to unknown buyers.
In Australia, wheat prices have shown an upturn amid modest sales by farmers as they assess losses from heavy rains; demand remains firm. Harvesting is still delayed in some regions. Heavy rains have negatively affected wheat quality, but favored spring crops.
Corn quotes are growing in Brazil due to strong global demand, including a large number of tenders. Estimates of corn production in MY 2023-24 are decreasing amid expectations of smaller planted areas of safrinha crop.
US wheat prices have surged amid a large purchase by China. Thus, Chinese importers have bought a total of 1.01 million t of SRW wheat during the week, the largest weekly sales to China since July 2014.
Trade remains dull on the Kazakh markets for milling wheat and feed barley. Low quality of grain this season and accordingly limited volume of marketable grain does not contribute to brisk sales. Competition with Russian traders remains high.