RZD analyzes the possibility to apply a 25% discount for petrol, diesel fuel and crude rail transit from oil processing plants in Belarus to Russia’s north-west ports. The discount could be in force until the end of 2018. This would provide tariffs equal to those applied for Baltic ports.
RZD is interested in applying the discount because oil products are increasingly transported via pipelines. It is estimated that Russia’s oil and oil product volumes transported by rail will decline by 6.2% (to EUR 235.7 million) this year and 2.9% in 2017. Securing high profitability of rail transport of oil products would ensure additional income for RZD.
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