The volume of foreign trade between Russia and China through the Transbaikalsk station grew by 32%

The volume of foreign trade freight transportation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China through the Transbaikalsk station of the Trans -Baikal Railway in 2023 amounted to 22 million tons, which is 32% higher than the 2022 indicator.Exports from the Russian Federation to China through Transbaikalsk, compared with 2022, increased by 37 % and amounted to 19.5 million tons.The main share was amounted to coal (5.9 million tons), iron ore (4.1 million tons), forest cargo (2.8 million tons) and paper (1.9 million tons).The volume of imports in the Russian Federation from the PRC increased to the level of 2022 by 5% and amounted to 2.5 million tons.Its main share falls on industrial equipment and consumer goods.At the end of 2023, the work of the ZHDPP "Transbaikalsk" checked [https://75.ru/news/341646] Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation-plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev.He noted that the Trans -Baikal Territory accounts for about 48% of the external land turnover of the Far East, and these numbers will only grow.He emphasized that the railway and road infrastructure, the checkpoints of the region should be ready for this.One of the significant projects for the development of the GSDPP included in the protocol of the instructions of President Vladimir Putin should be an accelerated reconstruction of the Transbaikalsk station and the construction of the second main track of 1435 mm.Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly stated that relations between Russia and China are one of the guarantors of stability in the world.“Our friendship is not directed against third countries, it is aimed at the benefit of ourselves, but not against anyone,” the president emphasized.Source: https://75.ru/news/349794 [https://75.ru/news/349794]