Tag: Food Security
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Russia cut its floating export duties on wheat and corn for the week of Sept. 2 to 8 and held barley at zero, a small mechanical adjustment that lands in the middle of the worst Black Sea logistics crisis Russian grain trade has faced. MOSCOW, Sept. 1. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry lowered the floating export duties…
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Russia will more than double its wheat export levy for the week of August 19 to 25 even as strikes on Novorossiysk have taken most of the country’s Black Sea loading capacity offline, leaving exporters squeezed between a rising fiscal charge and a physical inability to ship. MOSCOW, August 18, 2026 Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture…
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Southern Africa’s customs union has scrapped its wheat import duty entirely, dropping the tariff from R153.70 per tonne to zero after world prices surged, and the region’s grain producers say the system that delivered the cut is broken. PRETORIA, August 9, 2026. The Southern African Customs Union has eliminated import duties on wheat and wheaten…
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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…
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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,…
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Ukraine’s Agricultural Exports: Tariffs, Quotas & Global Food Security Ukraine is a global agricultural powerhouse. As a top-5 grain exporter and the world’s leading sunflower oil producer, Ukraine’s agricultural output feeds hundreds of millions worldwide. Yet, Ukraine’s agricultural exports face a complex and sometimes restrictive tariff landscape: EU tariff-rate quotas limiting duty-free grain access, disputes…
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Introduction: When Trade Disruption Reaches the Farm Gate The global fertilizer market has moved from a commodity concern to a front-line food security issue. As the Iran conflict disrupts key commodity flows, governments and agricultural systems worldwide are confronting a familiar but intensifying challenge: securing access to the inputs that determine whether crops get planted,…