Russian Railways have reported a 3.5% year-on-year growth of export designated fertilizers transportation by rail in July 2026. 3.7 mn tons of export designated fertilizers was carried by rail during the period under report.
Most of the export fertilizers, 3.4 mn tons, up 6.4% year-on-year, was carried to sea ports including 3 mn tons, up 5.5% to the Russian Northwest ports, and 357 thousand tons, up 17.5%, to the Southern ports.
Intra-Russia fertilizers traffic made 2.4 mn tons, up 3.3% year-on-year.
The overall fertilizers traffic by rail during July 2026 amounted to 6.1 mn tons, 3.3% above the figure for July 2025. This figure includes 339 thousand tons carried in containers (12.5 thousand TEU, down 10.5%).
The largest amounts of fertilizers were loaded from Perm Kray (1.6 mn tons), Murmansk region (1.4 mn tons) and Vologda region (702 thousand tons).
Photo: Russian Railways