II decade, March 2023. Market analysis of railway shipments of glass

In the second decade of March 2023, glass shipments by rail to the Russian market continued to decline (domestic supplies + imports) - minus 36.2 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. In the first decade of March 2023 - minus 52.4 percent.

For the period from the beginning of the year to March 20, 2023, shipment of glass by rail to the Russian market amounted to 6.5 million square meters. m, which is 28.6% less than for the same period in 2022 (a decade earlier - minus 27.4%).

Glass deliveries by rail for the period from January 01 to March 20, 2023 decreased in three districts of the Russian Federation (in brackets - the dynamics for the period from the beginning of the year to February 28, 2023):

• Volga Federal District -71.0% (previously -74.0%);

• FEFD -57.7% (previously -44.0%);

• Siberian Federal District -26.9% (previously -14.5%).

Shipment volumes of railway glass increased in five districts of the Russian Federation (in brackets - the dynamics for the period from the beginning of the year to February 28, 2023):

• Southern Federal District +9.8% (previously +46.5%);

• NWFD +6.5% (previously +17.2%);

• Central Federal District +6.5% (previously +4.1%);

• North Caucasus Federal District +4.9% (previously +4.3%);

• Ural Federal District +2.5% (previously +15.6%).

For comparison: the dynamics of railway shipment of glass in 2022 was minus 9.9%, and the dynamics of the entire glass market was minus 19.1%. The share of railway deliveries of glass to the Russian market in the total consumption of this product in 2022 amounted to about 20%.

Source: PRO Market of building materials