9 Aug 2017 17:44

Grain shipment on Russian railways up 7.4% in July

MOSCOW. August 9 (Interfax) - Rail shipments of grain, feed, buckwheat, flour, and milled products rose 7.4% year-on-year to 12.223 million tonnes in July 2017, Russian Railways (RZD) said in materials seen by Interfax.

Domestic shipments grew 2.4% to 12.223 million tonnes and international shipments grew 13.6% to 5.5 million tonnes, with import shipments falling 31% to 611,800 tonnes while exports rose 18.8% to 4.557 million tonnes.

Grain shipment:

Shipment type	Volume ('000 tonnes)		%
	2016	2017
Internal	6 711,2	6 869,8	102,4%
International	5 511,8	6 262,6	113,6%
(via ports)	2 950,0	3 968,6	134,5%
(via border crossings)	2 561,8	2 294,1	89,5%
- imports	611,8	422,2	69,0%
(via ports)	31,8	100,2	315,0%
(via border crossings)	580,0	322,1	55,5%
- transit	342,7	426,6	124,5%
(via ports)	6,1	2,2	36,8%
(via border crossings)	336,6	424,3	126,1%
- exports	4 557,4	5 413,8	118,8%
(via ports)	2 912,1	3 866,2	132,8%
(via border crossings)	1 645,3	1 547,6	94,1%
Total	12 223,0	13 132,4	107,4%