The actual market price for grain wagons is three times lower than the current one — Tkachov

At a recent auction, the average cost of grain wagons of the CTL branch reached 5378 UAH/day excluding VAT. This high price is the result of bidding between buyers and does not reflect their actual market value. This was stated by Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation Technology and Commercial Operations of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsya" Valeriy Tkachov during an online meeting with participants of the agricultural market. This is reported by elevatorist.com. "We set the starting price at 1400 hryvnia. The fact that it increases is probably because buyers are factoring in some of their costs. That is, this is an auction price, it was set by the recipients themselves," explained Valeriy Tkachov. In addition, he noted that the tariffs for the use of UZ wagons take into account the estimated speed of movement — 323 km per day for routes towards the ports. The actual speed of grain wagons is currently much lower — about 100–140 km per day, which makes the real market value of a ...