Ukrainian company stops transit of Russia’s TogliattiAzot ammonia

MOSCOW, Dec 26 (PRIME) -- Ukraine’s state ammonia transportation company Ukrkhimstransammiak halted transit of ammonia produced by Russian company TogliattiAzot via Ukraine on December 23, TogliattiAzot company said in a statement on Monday.

“A request of TogliattiAzot filed to Ukrkhimstransammiak to increase the pumping quota until the end of 2016 was rejected,” the company said.

In November, the High Administrative Court of Ukraine settled a claim by TogliattiAzot and voided an order of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry to introduce a markup for transit supplies of ammonia via Ukraine, cancelling decisions of two lower courts.

The company cancelled the transit markup of more than U.S. $8 per tonne of ammonia, which had been in force for more than a year, TogliattiAzot said then.

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