During January-April 2020, Russian Railways loaded 407.5 mn tons of cargo, down 4.3% year-on-year.
Coal loading declined by 10.3% down to 114.8 mn tons. Oil and products, Russian Railways’ second most important cargo in terms of volume, decreased by 4.7% down to 75.8 mn tons.
Ferrous metals were down 7% to 18.1 mn tons, timber and logs down 5.3% to 10.4 mn tons, soda and chemicals down 2.3% to 6.5 mn tons. Grain loading declined by 6% down to 5.7 mn tons.
Ferrous and manganese ore loading decreased by 0.2% down to 39.3 mn tons, ferrous metals were down 8.8% to 8.5 mn tons, timber and logs down 5.2% to 14.1 mn tons, soda and chemicals down 4.3% to 8.5 mn tons, cement down 7.85 to 6.4 mn tons, ferrous metals scrap down 10.6% to 3.8 mn tons.
Coke loading declined by 4% down to 3.6 mn tons, industrial and forming materials by 10.5% down to 9.9 mn tons.
Construction cargo was up 4.1% to 39.5 mn tons, chemical and mineral fertilizers up 0.9% to 20.5 mn tons, non-ferrous ore and raw sulfur up 1.6% to 6.4 mn tons, grain up 9.7% to 8.1 mn tons.