OREANDA-NEWS. January 15, 2013. In 2012, the railways shipped the following goods. The figures in brackets show the changed compared to 2011, reported the press-centre of Russian Railways:

coal - 307.6 million tons (+3.9%);

coke - 12.7 million tons (-2%);

oil and petroleum products - 258.2 million tons (+3.3%);

iron and manganese ores - 110 million tons (-0.8%);

ferrous metals - 73.4 million tons (-0.2%);

ferrous metal scrap - 18 million tons (-10.7%);

chemical and mineral fertilisers - 45.1 million tons (-3.1%);

cement - 35 million tons (+1.3%);

timber - 36.2 million tons (-10.8%);

grain and milled products - 20.4 million tons (+1.7%);

construction materials - 180.4 million tons (+14.4%);

non-ferrous ores and sulphur feedstock - 22.2 million tons (-6.4%);

chemicals and soda - 28 million tons (-2.6%);

industrial raw materials and molded materials - 35.6 million tons (+5.2%).

Freight turnover in 2012 amounted to 2,222 billion tariff ton-km (+4.4%), while freight turnover including empty wagon runs was 2,782.2 billion ton-km (+2.9%).

According to the latest figures, loading volumes on the Russian Railways’ network in December 2012 amounted to 101.5 million tons, 3.7% less than in the same month in 2011.

Freight turnover in December 2012 fell by 1.2% compared to December 2011 to 186.6 billion tariff ton-km. Freight turnover including empty wagon runs in December 2012 decreased by 2.7% to 234.3 billion ton-km.