“In total, 79.5 million tons of export cargo were shipped to seaports via the RZD network in the first quarter — 1% more than in the same period of 2024. This included 31.3 million tons of various cargo shipped to the North-West (-0.4%), 29.3 million tons to Far Eastern ports (+4.2%), and 18.9 million tons to southern ports (-1.4%). Positive growth was recorded for coal (40.6 million tons, +2.6%), ferrous metals (3.9 million tons, +5.5%), fertilizers (up 1.4 times to 9.1 million tons), iron ore (1.4 million tons, +4.7%), and timber cargo (up 25.6% to 74.7 thousand tons). ...In the overall structure of export freight, coal made up 51.1%, oil cargo 20.6%, fertilizers 11.5%, ferrous metals 5%, grain 2.9%, and ore 1.7%,” RZD reported.
Specifically, shipments of ferrous metals to the North-Western ports increased by 5.3% to 955.9 thousand tons. Shipments to seaports in the Far East totaled 586.8 thousand tons, up 5.9% year-over-year. Through southern ports, 2.4 million tons of ferrous metals were exported (+5.6%).
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