Ground Transportation
Association: Rail tariff increases will cause new losses to Ukrainian farmers
Ukrainian Farm Business Association UCAB warned that plans by Ukraine's State Railways Ukrzaliznytsia, to increase freight rates will hurt struggling farmers. This could lead to a drop in production and exports. Ukrzaliznytsia, according to the association, plans to increase the tariff on empty wagons transported by farmers by 67%. The UCAB released a statement on Monday evening that said: "This could lead to a rise in the price of grain transport by 50-60 hryvnias per ton, and an increase in the farmers' expenses in the war period by approximately 2 billion UAH ($50 million per season)." Ukrzaliznytsia said that it...