Railway freight in Russia grows 11% in Jan-Aug
MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax) - Freight moved by rail in Russia increased 11% year-on-year to 793 million tonnes in January-August, OJSC Russian Railways (RZD) said, citing preliminary figures.
Freight turnover was also up 11% year-on-year - to 1.321 trillion paid tonne/kilometers.
Freight haulage grew 11.3% year-on-year in January-July 2010.
Freight was up 5.3% year-on-year at 105 million tonnes in August alone. Freight turnover grew 1% in August to 172 billion tonne-km.
Russian rails carried 11% more oil and oil products in August, 10% more ferrous metals, 12% more ferrous metal scrap, 10.6% more chemical and mineral fertilizers, 11.5% more cement, 9.7% more timber, 11.3% more construction cargo, 10.8% more chemicals and soda, and 6.8% more grain and milled products.
Russian rail freight in Jan-August 2010:
| Freight, mln tonnes | 2010/2009,% | Freight turnover, bln tonne-km | 2001/2009, % | |
| January | 87,6 | +17.2% | 149 | +16.6% |
| February | 88,4 | +11% | 145,9 | +12% |
| March | 103,1 | +10.7% | 171,1 | +10.6% |
| April | 101,1 | +13.3% | 169,3 | +15.5% |
| May | 103,2 | +12.7% | 171,7 | +12.4% |
| June | 101,3 | +9.4% | 162,9 | +6% |
| July | 103,5 | +6.5% | 169 | +1.1% |
| August | 105 | +5.3% | 172 | 1% |
Source: RZD, preliminary data