It also reported that the volume of transportation along the eastbound rail network in January-August increased by 5.6 percent (compared to the same period in 2022). The head of Russian Railways noted that in eight months of this year container cargo transportation increased by 13 percent.
“More than 700 companies transported their cargo to the East for the first time, we had to open a direct line to regulate these new flows,” said Oleg Belozerov. “We’ve created a lot of end-to-end digital products, “We have 100 percent of the documents processed electronically, almost online. No country in the world can boast of this.”
The VIII Eastern Economic Forum will be held in Vladivostok from September 10 to 13, 2023. Its motto is “Towards cooperation, peace and prosperity”. The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation.