Transshipment of Kаlija parks (Latvia) up 32% in Q1 07, y-o-y

In the first quarter of 2007, Vintspills terminal Kаlija parks (KP, Latvia) transshipped 1.086 million tons of potassium salt (+32%, year-on-year), RZD-Partner reports. The growth should be attributed to stabilization of the potassium salt market as the industry reorganization has been finalized in Byelorussia. This year the company plans to handled 4 million tons of salt. In 2006 KP’s throughput fell by 27%, year-on-year – to 3.703 million tons.