# Grain Transportation Report, April 24, 2025

> The USDA Grain Transportation Report for April 24, 2025 covers USTR fees on Chinese-operated and Chinese-built vessels calling at U.S. ports, starting October 14, with fees rising over three years and exemptions for some empty or small bulk vessels. The fees were scaled back from an earlier proposal.

- Date: 2025-04-24 · published 2025-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16454-grain-transportation-report-april-24-2025
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Port fees on Chinese-built ships could raise ocean freight costs for U.S. grain exports to China and other buyers, potentially weakening U.S. export competitiveness and Gulf basis.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-01-21 | [Daily Market Wire 24 January 2025 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6892-daily-market-wire-24-january-2025-grain-central.md) | -0.5% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2021-05-31 | [Grain market review: Oilseeds May 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47204-grain-market-review-oilseeds-may-2021.md) | +2.3% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2020-05-07 | [European Commission updates import duties \| 2020-05-07  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53205-european-commission-updates-import-duties-2020-05-07-world-grain.md) | +0.2% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-07-04 | [China Grain and Feed Outlook 2025 \| Paradigm Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14649-china-grain-and-feed-outlook-2025-paradigm-futures.md) | -6.0% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2020-04-30 | [European Commission implements import duties \| 2020-04-30  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53717-european-commission-implements-import-duties-2020-04-30-world-grain.md) | +1.9% | +2.3% |
| SOY | 2023-04-19 | [Texts adopted - Deforestation Regulation - Wednesday, 19 April 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36436-texts-adopted-deforestation-regulation-wednesday-19-april-2023.md) | -4.9% | -10.2% |
| SOY | 2025-01-21 | [Daily Market Wire 24 January 2025 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6892-daily-market-wire-24-january-2025-grain-central.md) | +1.1% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.04-24-2025

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