In January-August the seaports of Russia increased shipment volumes of grains by 10.6% YoY, to 20.6 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced.
In the reporting period some increase in mineral fertilizers shipment was observed – up by 0.5%, to 10.6 million tons.
The general cargo turnover in Russian seaports grew by 5.7% YoY and totaled 468.6 million tons.
According to the announcement, the export cargo shipment reached 371.6 million tons, up by 5.5% YoY, imports – 20.5 million tons (down by 7.8%), transit – 32.5 million tons (up by 0.5%), coastal freight – 44 million tons (up by 20.4%). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)