Russia: in January-September, the seaports increased grain shipment volumes

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In January-September period of 2015, the sea ports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 2.3% compared with the same period last year - to 21 mln tonnes, announced the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation on October 8.

At the same time, in the reporting period there was observed some increasing of mineral fertilizers shipment - up 6.7%, to 11.7 mln tonnes.

The general cargo turnover in the Russian sea ports increased by 3% compared with the first nine months of 2014, and totaled 495.8 mln tonnes.

According to the announcement, the export cargo shipment reached 396.8 mln tonnes, up 5.2% compared with the same period last year, imports – 25.1 mln tonnes (down 23.5%), transit – 35.9 mln tonnes (down 1.3%), coastal freight – 38 mln tonnes (up 8.5%).

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