According to the Far Eastern Customs Administration, for 6 months of 2023, sea deliveries to Russia increased by 9%, rail shipments by almost a third (29%), but the most significant growth in imports was in road transport – 2.8 times.
At the same time, the absolute increase in imports from sea container traffic. In the first half of the year, more than 328 thousand containers were imported through the ports of the Far East, which is 30% more than in the same period in 2022.
The increase in cargo traffic ensured the growth of customs payments: following the results of 6 months, the Far Eastern customs officers transferred almost 511 billion rubles to the federal budget. This is 46% more than in the same period last year. The declaration file increased by a third: more than 304 thousand declarations for goods were issued by two electronic declaration centers located in the Far East region. In this they were remotely assisted by colleagues from the North-Western and Ural regions.
July 28 – first container train from China arrived in Russia via the railway bridge in the Jewish Autonomous Region.
The cross-border bridge between the village of Nizhneleninskoye and the Chinese city of Tongjiang was previously used only for export shipments of coal and ore due to the lack of the necessary infrastructure on the Russian side. Now, import transportation has also been launched along it, a transport and logistics center is being built to receive 340,000 containers a year from China. Construction is expected to be completed by mid-2024.
The first freight train is carrying 55 containers with automotive components, the destination station is Elektrougli (Moscow Region). It is assumed that at first container trains will pass over the bridge once a week. However, the checkpoints on the bridge have already been switched to round-the-clock operation in order to significantly increase the frequency of trains in the future.
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