Russia: in January-November the seaports increased grain shipment to 28.4 mln tonnes

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In January-November period of 2014 the sea ports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains in 1.7 times compared with the same period last year - to 28.4 mln tonnes, announced the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation on December 10.

At the same time, in the reporting period there was observed some increase of mineral fertilizers shipment - up 15%, to 13.6 mln tonnes.

During the eleven months of 2014 the general cargo turnover in the Russian sea ports increased by 6% compared with same period in 2013, and totaled 571.4 mln tonnes.

According to the announcement, the export cargo shipment reached 453.3 mln tonnes, up 7.7% compared with the same period last year, imports - 40.3 mln tonnes (down 4.9%), transit - 43.7 mln tonnes (up 2.1%), coastal freight - 34.1 mln tonnes (up 4.3%).

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