According to Russian Railways, the loading of cargo designated for export via Russian sea ports made 321.5 mn tons during January-November 2021 increasing 7% year-on-year.
52.2% of the entire volume was coal, oil and products accounted for 21.7% of the total export rail freight, ferrous metals for 6.7%, fertilizers for 6.6%, ore for 3.4%, and grain for 2.4% of the total.
Coal loading increased by 10.8% year-on-year up to 167.9 mn tons during the period under report. More than half of the entire coal loaded (87.3 mn tons, up 2.7% year-on-year) was designated for export via Russian Far East ports.
Oil products loaded for export via Russia’s Far East ports increased by 5.9% up to 7.1 mn tons, ferrous and manganese ore surged 4-fold up to 0.6 mn tons, timber and logs were up 1.5-fold to 410 thousand tons.
130.1 mn tons of export cargo, 8.7% above the level of 2020, was designated for the North-West sea ports. The Southern region ports accounted for 84 mn tons, up 18% year-on-year. Cargo volume loaded for export via the ports of the Russian Far East made 105.3 mn tons, up 4.6% year-on-year.
In November 2021, 29.5 mn tons of cargo was loaded for export via Russian sea ports, down 1.3% month-on-month.
Export cargo loaded for rail transportation to the North-West sea ports decreased by 6% month-on-month down to 12.3 mn tons, that designated to the South Russian ports made 7.9 mn tons, down 5.9% month-on-month, and that to the Russian Far East declined by 5.1% down to 9.3 mn tons.