The volume of rail freight traffic between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in 2016 totaled 42.834 million tonnes, according to data released by Ukrzaliznytsia. Import shipments totaled 19.616 million tonnes, export shipments amounted to 9.288 million tonnes. Cargo transit from Russia amounted to 13.54 million tonnes, and freight transit to Russia reached approx. 390,000 tonnes.
The main types of freight transported between the countries were coal, construction materials, iron and manganese ore, fertilizers, ferrous metals, and chemicals.
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