The main drivers of growth were coal, the loading of which increased at 26.8% to 23.7 million tons, iron ore – an increase of 1.4% to 2.7 million tons, and chemicals – an increase of 15.8% to 0.3 million tons. Andrey Tikhomirov, head of the Department of Macroeconomics and Forecasting Methodology of JSC "ITED", told to "Gudok" that this nomenclature of cargo is traditional for the ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin.

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