The Association of Russian Commercial Ports has announced that in the First two months of 2023 the traffic of goods in port ports Russians was 140.3 million tons, with a increase of +2.6% on the corresponding period last year. This means that, after the increase of +7.5% in volumes enlivened last January compared to January 2022, in February 2023 the traffic is diminished of the -3% approximately being piled to 65.4 million tonnes compared to 67.3 million in February 2022.

Last month, over and above the cabotage traffic which is Grown of +9% going up to 5,8 million tons, are all other traffic flows decreased, with exports that have totaled 52,0 million tons (- 1%), the exports 2,7 million tons (- 25%) and traffic of transit 5,0 million tons (- 12%).

In February 2023 dry goods, with 31.1 million tons, recorded a slight decrease of the -1%, with increases of +8% of the coal, rose to 15,8 million tons, of +54% of cereals, attested to 4,3 million tons, and +29% of the mineral fertilizers, resulting in 2.2 million tonnes, which were mainly offset by declines in traffic in containerised cargoes (3.7 million tonnes, -29%) and ferrous metals (1.6 million tons, -38%). More Accentuated the reduction of liquid bulk which were equal altogether to 34,3 million tons (- 5%), of which 20.1 million tons of crude oil (+3%), 10,6 million tons of petroleum products (- 16%) and 3,1 million tons of liquefied natural gas (0%).

Last month Russia's Arctic ports enlivened 7,6 million tons (- 3%), those of the basin of the Baltic Sea 21,1 million tons (+7%), the Russian ports of the Sea Black-Sea of Azov 18,6 million tons (- 15%), the ports of the Sea Caspian 0,5 million tons (+25%) and Russian ports of the Far East 17,6 million tons (+1%).