Tag: Wheat

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • SACU Wheat Cut

    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…

  • 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,…

  • Wheat Ban Ends

    Ankara ends a 16-month suspension on bread wheat and cracked wheat exports, reopening a closely watched channel in the global grain trade under a controlled registration regime overseen by the Turkish Grain Board. ANKARA, July 30, 2026: Turkey has reopened the door to exports of bread wheat and cracked wheat, ending a suspension that had…

  • Moscow Oil Tax

    Russia raises export duties on sunflower oil, sunflower meal and corn for August while easing the levy on wheat, according to measures announced by Moscow on July 24 and logged by the Global Trade Alert database. International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting MOSCOW, July 28 – Russia has raised the export duties it charges…