Wednesday 1 September 2010

It’s officially unofficial!

The officially unofficial restriction on grain export is officially not being imposed with Ukraine's Customs Service unofficially almost completely officially restricting grain exports.

And they have strengthened recently imposed additional grain quality checks, traders said on Tuesday.

"The situation has become even more difficult. Last week we were able to ship some grain, but this week all shipments are blocked in ports by customs," said one Ukrainian trader. He said his company could not get any explanation from customs officials.

Read a fuller account here.