Russia: sea ports increased grain exports in 1.6 times in 2014

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In 2014 the sea ports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains in 1.6 times to 29.7 mln tonnes in comparison with 2013, announced the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation on January 21.

At the same time, in the reporting period there was observed increase of mineral fertilizers shipment - up 13.7%, to 623.4 mln tonnes.

During the 2014 the general cargo turnover in the Russian sea ports increased by 5.7% compared with 2013, and totaled 571.4 mln tonnes.

According to the announcement, the export cargo shipment reached 491.6 mln tonnes, up 6.7% compared with 2013, imports – 43.3 mln tonnes (down 5.7%), transit – 47.6 mln tonnes (up 1.4%), coastal freight – 40.8 mln tonnes (up 13.2%).

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