18 October 2011
Freight rail transportation in Ukraine increased by 8.4% y-o-y to 344 mln mt in 9M11, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported yesterday. Passenger rail transportation rose by 0.5% y-o-y to 328.3 mln individuals in 9M11. Vitaly Gorovoy: We attribute the increase in freight rail transportation primarily to growth in shipments of chemical and mineral fertilizers, which were up by 46.2% y-o-y in 9M11. The next leaders were building materials, coke and ferrous metal rail shipments, which grew 15.3%, 10.1% and 9.2% y-o-y, respectively.