Transit of Russian cargo to the EU through Belarus decreased by 21% last year

According to data released by the community of Belarusian railway workers, the volume of cargo transit from the aggressor country to the European Union through Belarus decreased by 21.4% last year. It is reported by Railway Supply, citing Rail.insider.

Transit freight traffic from the Russian Federation to third countries through Belarus “sank” by 21.4% – from 8.8 million tons in 2021 to 6.9 million tons last year. Transportation of hard coal decreased the most — by almost 1.8 million tons (-49%). Another 600 thousand tons was “lost” by the transportation of ore (-40%). In addition, container transportation decreased from 48.2 to 35.7 thousand TEU in 2022. This is 16.5% less than last year.

As previously reported, the load on Russian Railways networks in 2022 decreased by 3.8%.

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