Railway fright transportation between Russia and China increased 5.4% year-on-year in January-Augusat 2026, Russian Railways said in their social media channel.
The 8 months 2026 railway freight amounted to 1330 mn tons, a new monthly maximum. Container transportation made 2.4 mn TEU, up 12.8% year-on-year.
Russia to China traffic increased 3.7% year-on-year to 113.5 mn tons including 71.4 mn tons of coal, up 6.1%, 10.5 mn tons of iron ore, down 1.6%, 8.8 mn tons of oil and products, up 4.3%, 4.1 mn tons of fertilizers, up 8.4%.
China to Russia railway freight grew 18.3% to 16.7 mn tons including 3.4 mn tons of chemicals, up 17.4%, 2.4 mn tons of consumer goods, up 23.3%, 1.5 mn tons of non-ferrous ore, up 13.3%, 1.5 mn tons of cars and parts, up 55.6%.
92 mn tons, up 9% year-on-year, was carried via sea ports, and 38.2 mn tons, down 2.6%, via land-based border crossing checkpoints.
Photo: Russian Railways