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Article: Russian rail freight transport down 33% in January - Rosstat.
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- Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire
- Article date:
- February 19, 2009
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Russian rail freight transport down 33% in January - Rosstat
MOSCOW. Feb 19 (Interfax) - Rail freight transport in Russia decreased 33.1% in January 2009 compared to January 2008, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
The January decline surpassed that of December 2008, when rail transport dropped 26.3% compared to December 2007.
Rail shipments of coke, cement and timber declined almost 50% in January, while shipments of iron and manganese ore as well as ferrous metals fell by more than 40%. Scrap metal shipments plunged 77.7% and construction material shipments fell 72%.
Transportation of the main ...