RZhD’s turnover of export-import and transit cargo made 1.3 billion tons within 3 years

RZhD OJSC has increased transportation of export-import and transit cargo within 3 years of its operation, RZhD’s press service reports. According to the report, from October 2003 till August 2006 the company carried 1.3 billion tons of export-import and transit cargo. The share of export cargo is 78.2%, import – 17.9%, transit – 3.9%. The largest share falls on oil cargo (24.9%), coal (24.4%) and ferrous metal (9.7%).  8.5% of total transportation volume falls on ore, 7.9% - timber, 6.3% - fertilizers, 3.6% - chemicals, 2.6% - construction cargo. The result of the third year (from October 2005 till August 2005) is the following: 432.4 million tons of export-import and transit cargo (+7.4% or  +29.9 million tons against year-on-year result). Transshipment of export cargo grew by 6.6% (+20.9 million tons), import – by 12.4% (+8.6 million tons), transit – by 2.8% (+0.4 million tons).