Agricultural associations urge the Government to halt the increase in railway transportation tariffs.

The All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, together with specialized associations that are part of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Forum (VAF), have appealed to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko with an urgent demand to halt the planned increase in freight rail tariffs that "Ukrzaliznytsia" intends to implement starting January 1, 2026—an indexation of 27%, and another 11% six months later. Ukrainian agribusinesses believe that such a decision is unfair, will exacerbate the logistical crisis, reduce the competitiveness of Ukrainian exports, strike a blow to the country's economy, and effectively continue the practice where the state company is forced to subsidize the business of individual oligarchic groups at the expense of taxpayers and Ukrainian businesses. This, in turn, deepens the crisis of "Ukrzaliznytsia" itself. "The previous unbalanced tariff increase in 2022 is one of the reasons for the current crisis. Then, the volume of road transport increased to 50% of the railway level, and ...