The railroad brought grain around 15.3 million tonnes (+4.5 million tonnes the previous season). As the current season is not yet over, the volume of grain export may reach 54 million tonnes.

The growth of exports stimulates raised the price of wheat, a ton of which is 215 dollars, it is higher by 30 dollars, than last season.

Experts predict a significant amount of exports in the next season, because farmers set a record carryover stocks and saved the grain harvest. The harvest this year is estimated at 125 to 130 million tonnes (in 2017 was 135.4 million tonnes).

The company "Rusagrotrans" part of the Train holding RTK specializing in the transportation of agricultural and forest goods. Main assets — grain operator "Rusagrotrans", "Transles" (timber), "La TRANS" (mineral and chemical goods), Freight company, Kazakhstan's grain operator "Astyk TRANS" and JV with Azerbaijan in the field of transportation of agricultural goods "TrustRank". The holding company also owns shares in coach building of JSC "Roslavl car repair plant". Park management — about 65 thousand cars. The shareholders of Constantine the Bolt and Konstantin Sintsov. According to the rating of railway operators "Infoline-Analytics", RTK holding is in the TOP 3 by the number in fleet.

Source: Rusagrotrans

Photo: ahrfn.com