Tag: Commodities

  • Wheat Duty Axed

    Southern Africa’s customs union has scrapped its wheat import tariff entirely, dropping the duty to zero across five countries and reshaping the cost calculus for one of the region’s most import-dependent food staples. JOHANNESBURG, August 8, 2026. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has cut the import duty on wheat to zero, publishing an amendment…

  • Wheat Duty Back

    Russia’s grain damper turns positive again as Moscow ends wheat’s duty-free run with a token levy of 5.7 rubles per tonne, a signal watched closely from Cairo to Jakarta. MOSCOW, August 6, 2026 – Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has put a price back on shipping its most important crop abroad. As of yesterday,…

  • Russia Crop Tax

    Moscow revives its corn export duty and more than doubles the levy on sunflower oil in a July 24 package that reaches buyers from Cairo and Istanbul to New Delhi and Beijing. MOSCOW, July 27, 2026. Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture closed out last week with a late Friday package of higher agricultural export taxes, reviving…