Russian Railways: Loading of export cargo bound for domestic ports up 4.6% to over 106.8 million tonnes in 4M’19

Russian Railways says that loading of Russia’s export cargo bound for domestic ports grew by 4.6%, year-on-year, to over 106.8 million tonnes in January-April’2019.

In particular, coal loading grew by 11.9%, oil – by 5.4%, ore – by 21.3%, paper – by 3.2%, timber – by 4.4%.

Coal accounts for 48.3% of exports, oil – for 27.5%, ferrous metal – for 7.4%, fertilizers – for 6.2%.

In the reporting period, loading of export cargo to the ports of the North-West Region exceeded 43.6 million tonnes (+1.4%, year-on-year), to the port of the Southern Region – about 26.1 million tonnes (+3.8%), to the ports of the Far East Region – over 34.3 million tonnes (+8.2%).