Russia: in January-March, the seaports increased grain shipment to 5.1 mln tonnes

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In January-March period of 2015, the sea ports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 6.9% compared with the same period last year - to 5.1 mln tonnes, announced the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation on April 10.

At the same time, in the reporting period there was observed some increasing of mineral fertilizers shipment - up 6.4%, to 3.5 mln tonnes.

The general cargo turnover in the Russian sea ports increased by 8.9% compared with the first three months of 2014, and totaled 158.6 mln tonnes.

According to the announcement, the export cargo shipment reached 130.3 mln tonnes, up 10.9% compared with the same period last year, imports – 7.9 mln tonnes (down 20.1%), transit – 11.5 mln tonnes (down 5.9%), coastal freight - 8.9 mln tonnes (up 1.5 times).

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