11 Jan 2017 13:06
Grain shipment on Russian railways increases 4.4% in 2016
MOSCOW. Jan 11 (Interfax) - Rail shipment of grain (grain, feed, buckwheat, flour, and milling products) rose 4.4% to 23.853 million tonnes in 2016, Russian Railways (RZD) said in materials seen by Interfax.
Internal shipment rose 6% to 12.9 million tonnes, while international shipment declined 2.5% to 10.9 million tonnes. Import shipments rose 70% to 1 million tonnes and export shipments were down 1.8% to 9.3 million tonnes.
Grain shipment
| Shipment type | Volume ('000 tonnes) | ||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2016/2015 | |
| Internal | 12 215.8 | 12 948.1 | 106.0% |
| International | 10 638.8 | 10 905.1 | 102.5% |
| (via ports) | 6 139.5 | 6 027.0 | 98.2% |
| (via border crossings) | 4 499.3 | 4 878.1 | 108.4% |
| - imports | 609.0 | 1 033.3 | 169.7% |
| (via ports) | 12.6 | 59.5 | 471.2% |
| (via border crossings) | 596.4 | 973.8 | 163.3% |
| - transit | 585.9 | 597.5 | 102.0% |
| (via ports) | 5.0 | 6.6 | 133.2% |
| (via border crossings) | 580.9 | 590.9 | 101.7% |
| - exports | 9 444.0 | 9 274.3 | 98.2% |
| (via ports) | 6 121.9 | 5 960.9 | 97.4% |
| (via border crossings) | 3 322.1 | 3 313.4 | 99.7% |
| Total | 22 854.7 | 23 853.2 | 104.4% |