Russian Railways: Loading of export cargo bound for domestic ports up 3.4% to 26.8 million tonnes in Jan’19

Russian Railways says that loading of Russia’s export cargo bound for domestic ports grew by 3.4%, year-on-year, to 26.8 million tonnes in Jan’2019.

In particular, coal loading grew by 6.1%, crude oil – by 5.1%, timber – by 4.9%, paper – by 7.5%, ore – by 23.8%.

Coal accounts for 44.9% of exports, oil – for 29.3%, ferrous metal – for 9%, fertilizers – for 6.3%, grain for 2.9%.

In the reporting period, loading of export cargo to the ports of the North-West Region exceeded 11.3 million tonnes (-1.6%, year-on-year), to the port of the Southern Region – about 6.8 million tonnes (+9%), to the ports of the Far East Region – about 8.7 million tonnes (+6%).