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.
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.
There were about 8,840 wagons with various goods waiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of September 13 compared with 8,800 wagons in late August.
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
Prices for Ukrainian sunflower oil with October-November shipments have dropped to $800-845/t CIF Mersin. However, no signed deals have been reported. The number of offers has significantly exceeded demand this week.
As many as 1,866 wagons including 110 wagons with sunflower oil, 535 wagons with cakes, 612 wagons with ore and 182 containers were moving to the Izov station on September 13.
A total of 426,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started September 1 and ended September 13 compared with 876,000 t during the entire August.
In the first week of September, Ukrainian suppliers have been offering sunflower oil at $850-855/t CIF Mersin, while importers insisted on levels of $845-849/t CIF Mersin for shipments in September-October.
Up to 700 wagons were reportedly heading to the Batiovo – Epereshke land border crossing point on September 11, of which 153 wagons were loaded with grain. Meanwhile, up to 80 wagons were moving to Chop – Zahony border crossing in that date.
Stevedores of the Riga Freeport processed 1.3 million tonnes of various types of cargo in August (down 92,000 t compared with July).