Ukraine’s state ports, results of January-February 2004.
According…

Ukraine’s state ports, results of January-February 2004.

According to the State Department for Sea and River Transport at the Ministry for transport of Ukraine, in January-February 2004 cargo turnover at the sea state ports made up 17.33 mn t or over 15% of total cargo turnover of the last year (+1.6% against the analogous period of 2003. For reference: analogous dynamics of 2 months 2003 made up +7.5%). In February the growth made p +6.3% against January.

Export, import, and transit composition in total cargo flow made up 45.5%, 5.3%, 47.3% respectively, showing dynamics: -0.1%, +75.8%, -0.6% respectively. For reference: the same figures of the analogous period of 2003 made up: 46.3%, 3.1%, 48.3%; -2.5%, +9.4%, +22% respectively.

Volume of dry bulk made up 11.168 mn t (+2.3%) prevailing at the prevailing portion of export (6.54 mn t, -2.7%). The portion of transit dry bulk made up – 3.44 mn t (-11%); import dry bulk – 925 ths t (+76.1%).

Composition of leaders’ club by volume remained traditional: Odessa Port – 5.4 mn t, Yuzhniy – 2.94 mn t, Illiychevsk – 2.06 mn t. Dynamics inside the mentioned ports looks less traditional: Odessa – import rose (+19.1%) at the slight reduction of import(-3.6%); Yuzniy – sharp rising of transit (+33.9%) at the reduction of export (-14%); Illiychevsk – sharp rising of import (+106%) on the background of falling export (-4.2%) and transit (-71%). The high growth was kept by the ports of Feodosiya and Mariupol: +17.6%, up to 1.91 mn t, and +25.6%, up to 1.85 mn t respectively.

The beginning of the year may be described by growing cargo flows through the ports of the “third” echelon. Thus, the record growth was shown by the ports of Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy (+31%), Sevastopol (+29%), Kerch (+19.7%), Evpatoriya (+13%). The first, the second, and the third mostly due to the increasing of export (+49.5%, +659%, +25% respectively), the fourth one – due to increasing of export and transit (+24% and +39% respectively).
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