Ukraine. Will the agricultural export by rail increase?
15 August, 2023 at 12:08Agricultural exports by rail in July amounted to 681 K mt. July is the fourth month in a row when exports by rail are in the range of 630-680 K mt. Until April 2023, the monthly shipments of grains and oilseeds by rail had been in the range of 0.95-1.15 M mt.
As of 9 August, the longest queues for crossing the western borders were at the following junctions:
- Vadul-Siret-Dornesti (to Romania) – 8 days
- Chop-Cierna nad Tisou (to Slovakia) – 7 days
- Batyovo-Epereske (to Hungary) – 7 days
Whereas a year ago, the longest queue of grain cars at the border crossing was 36 days! The largest number of grain wagons is moving towards the border with Romania – 532 cars, and the average daily movement of wagons to Romania is 57 wagons per day.
Domestic demand for rail transportation towards the Big Odesa deep-water ports has disappeared, due to the grain agreement termination. At the same time, demand for railway transportation towards the Danube ports keep growing. More than 2,600 grain wagons are moving towards the port of Izmail, and at the current rate of unloading/transshipment of 100 wagons per day, the waiting time is at least 26 days.
