According to Russian Railways, the loading of cargo designated for export via Russian sea ports made 107 mn tons during January-April 2020 increasing 2.8% year-on-year.
50.4% of the entire volume is coal, oil and products accounted for 25.4% of the total export rail freight, ferrous metals for 6.4%, and fertilizers for 5.8% of the total.
Coal loading increased by 1.2% year-on-year up to 52.2 mn tons during the period under report. Coal loading designated for South Russian ports grew by 15.8% year-on-year up to 5.2 mn tons, that to North-Western ports declined by 4.6% down to 17 mn tons, and that to the Russian Far East was up 2.4% exceeding 30 mn tons.
Export designated oil and products loading grew by 3.4% year-on-year up to 30.3 mn tons. This figure includes 10.7 mn tons (-6.7%) destined for South Russia ports, 16.8 mn tons (+9.6%) for North-Western ports, and over 2.8 mn tons (+10.9%) for the Russian Far Eastern ports.
All in all, 44.3 mn tons of export cargo, 1.6% above the level of January-April 2019, was designated for the North-West sea ports. The Southern region ports accounted for 27mn tons, up 3.1% year-on-year. Cargo volume loaded for export via the ports of the Russian Far East made 9.4 mn tons, up 8.8% year-on-year.
In April, 27.7 mn tons of cargo was loaded for export via Russian sea ports, up 10.3% year-on-year. Export cargo loaded for rail transportation to the North-West sea ports increased 7.5% up to some 11.7 mn tons, that designated to the South Russia ports grew by 18.1% up to some 6.6 mn tons, and that to the Russian Far East by 8.8% up to 9.4 mn tons.