Defended the new scheme. Golovchenko discussed the current transit of Belarusian goods with the head of Russian Railways

10.09.2021. The Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko met with the General Director - Chairman of the Management Board of JSC "Russian Railways" Oleg Belozerov. Among other things, a new scheme for the supply of Belarusian goods for export was discussed. It should be recalled that due to Western sanctions, Belarus has begun to reorient the flow of its cargo through Russian ports. The problem is that for this purpose it is necessary to register a longer railway shoulder in the scheme, which significantly increases the cost of transit. In order to support Belarus and at the same time load its port terminals, Russia has provided Belarus with a 50% discount on tariffs for transshipment of Belarusian cargo to Russian ports. However, recently, Russian Railways has begun to resent that the flow of Belarusian transit is growing rapidly and has already exceeded the agreed volumes. In this regard, Russian Railways has increasingly begun to voice the opinion that the discount for Belarusian goods should be canceled.

That is why the meeting of the Prime Minister of Belarus and the head of Russian Railways has come by itself. For the same reason, Roman Golovchenko touched upon the topic of the growth of cargo transportation between Russia and Belarus and the updating of tariffs.

"We expect a further increase in cargo transportation between Belarus and Russia, taking into account the fact that due to certain circumstances, we are reorienting our commodity flows along Russian logistics corridors. In this regard, the role of railway transport is very significant. The implementation of the project on transshipment of Belarusian oil products through the ports of the Russian Federation is a good example of how it was possible to prepare a logistics scheme in a short time with political support and maintain economic feasibility for both sides. The task of reorienting such volumes of cargo flows was solved quickly thanks to proper motivation and interest. I would like to express my gratitude for the constructive cooperation. I am sure that this experience will help us in scaling projects of this kind. We are interested in using the entire transport and logistics infrastructure of Russia, especially given the fact that we are very close to the next stage of our economic integration within the framework of the Union State," Golovchenko said very significantly.

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