According to Russian Railways, the loading of cargo designated for export via Russian sea ports made 55.7 mn tons during January-February 2022 decreasing 1.6% year-on-year.
49.3% of the entire volume was coal, oil and products accounted for 25.7% of the total export rail freight, ferrous metals for 6.9%, fertilizers for 6.4%, ore for 2.8%, and grain for 1.9% of the total.
Coal loading designated for South Russian ports grew significantly 1.5-fold up to 5.4 mn tons, oil products loading for the same destination was up 20.8% to 5.9 mn tons, and fertilizers up 4.9% to 0.5 mn tons.
21.3 mn tons of export cargo, 9.4% below the level of January-February 2021, was designated for the North-West sea ports. The Southern region’s ports accounted for 16.2 mn tons, up 10.5% year-on-year. Cargo volume loaded for export via the ports of the Russian Far East made 18.3 mn tons, down 1.2% year-on-year.
In February 2022, 26.4 mn tons of cargo was loaded for export via Russian sea ports, down 10.2% month-on-month.
Export cargo loaded for rail transportation to the North-West sea ports decreased by 21% month-on-month down to 9.4 mn tons, that designated to the South Russian ports made 7.8 mn tons, down 7.1% month-on-month, and that to the Russian Far East declined by 1.1% down to 9.2 mn tons.