Rail grain deliveries to Odesa ports fall to just 10 thsd tons in October

Rail grain deliveries to the Greater Odesa ports declined by 69.8% compared with the previous month, according to the weekly market report by Spike Brokers.

Rail shipments of agricultural products to Ukraine’s Danube ports totaled 205.3 thsd tons during the first 27 days of October, up 44.7% from the same period in September. Meanwhile, truck deliveries to the Danube ports decreased by 17.9% to 955.3 thsd tons.

Among the Danube ports, Izmail received the largest volume of agricultural cargo by road at 550.8 thsd tons. Reni handled 276.4 thsd tons, Orlivka 121.1 thsd tons, and Ust-Dunaisk 7 thsd tons. Wheat accounted for 611.9 thsd tons, or 64.1% of total truck deliveries.

Only 10.3 thsd tons of grain were delivered by rail to the Greater Odesa ports, down 69.8% month on month.

Overall, rail transportation of grain cargoes reached 1.428 mln tons during the first 27 days of October, up 13.2% from September but down 34% year on year. Export rail shipments totaled 915.5 thsd tons, of which 750.2 thsd tons, or approximately 82%, were routed through land border crossings.

Ukrzaliznytsia’s conventional restrictions on grain wagon shipments to numerous border crossings significantly limited new export consignments. Since October 26, the railway operator has introduced five such restrictions, including a ban affecting grain shipments via Batiovo.

Meanwhile, the number of grain wagons accumulated in the direction of all border crossings decreased to 4,079 as of October 28, compared with 4,373 a week earlier. Average daily wagon transfers through the borders with Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary stood at 337 wagons, compared with 340 in the previous report.

Ukraine’s total agricultural exports reached 2.872 mln tons worth $1.506 bln during October 1–29. In volume terms, this was 0.5% lower than in September of the previous year, while export value increased by 1.9%. During the final reporting week, the daily export pace accelerated by 9.6% to 100.1 thsd tons.

Wheat export clearances totaled 949.9 thsd tons, corn 262.2 thsd tons, and barley 34 thsd tons. Exports also included 338.7 thsd tons of vegetable oils, 383.4 thsd tons of oilseed cake, and 357.2 thsd tons of rapeseed.

Tags: Ukrainian ports, rail transportation