Russian railways transported 18.73 thousand MT of rice, an increase of 3.11% from the previous period. Domestic rice traffic by rail made up 96.1% of the total, with the Southern Federal District leading in shipments both domestically and for export. The Far Abroad has been the leader in rail exports to Russia since the beginning of the year, while Kazakhstan has been the leader in rail imports of rice from Russia. Since the beginning of the year, the total rail shipments of rice have been 6654 MT, a decrease of 4309 MT compared to the same period last year.