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February 06, 2012

Grain railway cars banned from leaving country

Ukraine's State Railway Administration has banned its grain railway cars from leaving the country, a spokeswoman for the body said on Friday, effectively halting railway grain exports. "It is a temporary restriction which was introduced in a bid to secure domestic shipments," she said.

She added that the ban had come into force on February 1 and would remain until a special decision by the railway authority. The spokeswoman said Ukraine operated about 11,000 grain cars and around 1,000 of them were outside of Ukrainian territory as of February 3. "Our service is relatively cheap and traders prefer to keep our cars for as long as possible," she said. Read more ...

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