en.Wedoany.com Reported - According to data from Russian Railways (ОАО «РЖД»), its rail network freight volume in May increased by 0.5% year-on-year, reaching 95 million tons, with grain becoming one of the main cargo categories driving growth that month; grain also ranked among the top in the cumulative freight volume ranking for January-May.

Russian Railways stated in its report that the main drivers of freight volume growth in May included: coal (up 4.7% compared to May 2025), grain (up 1.7 times), non-ferrous ores (at least 15%), in addition to forestry goods (up 1.8%) and cement (up 4%) also entering a growth range.

Eastbound export cargo transportation volume in May increased by 9.6% year-on-year, reaching 14.4 million tons. Among these, grain saw the most significant increase, up 6.2 times; fertilizers grew by 2.8 times, petroleum products by 46.8%, coal by 4.9%, ferrous metals by 50.1%, and non-ferrous ores by 28.9%.

However, the cumulative freight volume on the Russian Railways network for January-May 2026 remained in negative territory, at 458.7 million tons, down 1.4% from the same period last year. During the same period, transportation volume of chemical and mineral fertilizers decreased by 2.2% to 29.4 million tons; grain freight volume grew at a record pace, with a cumulative increase of 58.8% in January-May, reaching 14.2 million tons.

According to previously released data, the annual freight volume of chemical and mineral fertilizers on the Russian Railways network in 2025 increased by 3.8% year-on-year, reaching 70.3 million tons; grain shipments decreased by 12.2% to 27.4 million tons, despite continuous monthly growth since August 2025—up 8% in August, 4.6% in September, 22.6% in October, 26.4% in November, and 34.1% in December.

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