Tag: Russia

  • Grain Duty Cut

    Moscow trims wheat and corn export duties for early September and weighs a full moratorium through year-end as Black Sea attacks choke Russia’s grain gateway and prices sink below 100 dollars a tonne By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting MOSCOW, Aug. 31, 2026. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry announced on Friday, August 28, a fresh reduction…

  • EAEU Alloy Cut

    The Eurasian Economic Commission has carved niobium-aluminium master alloy out of its common tariff schedule and set the import duty at zero through October 2028, a small line item that opens a wide window onto how Russia and its customs union partners are managing their dependence on one of the world’s most concentrated critical mineral…

  • Grain Duty Dip

    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…

  • Diesel Lockout

    Russia’s decision to keep its refiners locked out of export markets for another month deepens a global diesel squeeze that has already sent futures to record premiums and left Turkey, Brazil and North Africa scrambling for replacement barrels. MOSCOW, Sept. 1: Russia’s government has extended its ban on diesel exports by producers through September 30,…

  • Citric Squeeze

    The Eurasian Economic Union opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese citric acid, joining a widening global front of trade defense actions against the world’s dominant supplier MOSCOW AND ASTANA, August 29, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Union has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of citric acid from China, opening a new front in what has…

  • Oil Duty Shock

    Russia nearly doubles its September export duty on sunflower oil, rattling global vegetable oil markets and raising costs for buyers from India to Georgia MOSCOW, August 29, 2026 Russia has set its export duty on sunflower oil at more than 14,300 rubles per tonne for September, nearly double the August rate and more than four…

  • Russia Oil Duty

    Moscow sharply raises September export duties on sunflower oil and sunflower meal, nearly doubling the oil levy for the second consecutive month and rattling edible oil buyers from Mumbai to Istanbul. MOSCOW, August 28, 2026. Russia has announced a steep increase in export duties on sunflower oil, sunflower oil mixtures, and sunflower meal for September…

  • EAEU Acid Probe

    The Eurasian Economic Union has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese citric acid, reviving a trade defense fight it abandoned years ago and adding a second front to the pressure Beijing’s dominant acidulant industry already faces in Europe. MOSCOW, August 28, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Union has launched a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of…

  • Meal Duty Hike

    Russia’s Agriculture Ministry has raised the September export duty on sunflower meal more than sixfold, jolting a feed ingredient trade that stretches from Chinese hog farms to Turkish poultry integrators just as a record Russian sunflower harvest comes into view. MOSCOW, August 27, 2026. Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture on Monday announced a steep increase in…

  • Grain Tax Rises

    Russia’s weekly floating levy on wheat and corn jumped again on 26 August, tightening the fiscal screw on exporters at the precise moment that war damage has closed most of the country’s Black Sea shipping capacity. MOSCOW, August 27, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – Russia has raised its export duties on wheat, meslin and corn…