A total of 619,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started August 1 and ended August 23 compared with 805,000 t during the entire July.
As many as 562 wagons were heading to the Batiovo – Epereshke land border crossing point on August 21, of which 182 wagons were loaded with grain, 105 wagons with vegetable oil, and 16 wagons with cakes.
Sunflower oil prices are declining due to weak demand amid Russian attacks on Danube ports. Offers of oil for August-September shipments are voiced at $935/t CIF Mersin, while bids do not exceed $920/t on the same basis. As a result, sales have been made at $930/t CIF Mersin.
Prices for Ukrainian sunflower oil inched up, although buyers’ demand was limited. Sunflower oil with spot shipments in August was offered at $950-960/t CIF Mersin, with no bids received.
A total of 409,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started August 1 and ended August 16 compared with 805,000 t during the entire July.
A total of 82.7 million tonnes of various goods were transported in the Ukrzaliznytsia railway network in the period from January 1 to July 30, 2023, down 13% year-on-year.
A total of 235,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started August 1 and ended August 10, 2023. Note that the corresponding transportation volume averaged about 805,000 t in July.
On August 9, a total of 1,639 wagons were waiting in a queue at the Izov station (556 wagons with ore, 329 wagons with metals, 434 wagons with cakes, 108 containers), while 1,046 wagons (483 with metals, 369 containers, 163 with grain, 30 with cement) were standing at the Mostyska-2 station.
There were about 8,300 wagons with various goods waiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of August 9 compared with 7,390 wagons seen in late July.
As many as 289 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of August 3 (up 15 wagons compared with the previous week).