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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Freight rail shipments decreased 16% (July vs June) - CRC
7月铁路货运环比下降16% - 中国贸易报 | July rail shipments decreased 16% vs. prior month, indicating that effectiveness of freight rail reform is falling short of what is needed. Household goods shipments (white goods) and distribution (LTL) business appears to have declined 20% after taking into account the slight month over month increase in oil, coal and grains volume. July volume of 259.79 million tonnes compared to June volume of 310.15 million tonnes was a 16.24% decrease. July 185.05 million tons of coal shipments, 11.69 million tons of oil, 8.57 millon tons of grain vs June coal of 182.14 million tons, oil of 11.62 million tons, and grain of 8.26 million tons - so these main categories of bulk commodities increased. 中国铁路总公司(铁总)近日发布的数据显示,7月份,全国铁路货物发送量出现环比大幅下降,而从分项数据来看,作为铁路货运的主要货源,煤炭、石油、粮食价格7月环比却有小幅上升。也就是说,作为铁总货运组织改革重要抓手之一的白货和散货运量出现了大幅下降,铁路货运改革并未取得应有的效果。 官方数据显示,1月至7月,全国铁路货运发送量完成225952万吨,其中货物发送量完成225486万吨,行包发送量完成466万吨。 北交大运输学院教授胡思继分析,虽然上半年宏观经济形势不好,全国煤炭需求不旺,全社会用电量也停滞不前,以致于今年夏天并没有像往年那样出现拉闸限电的情况。"然而,煤炭运输毕竟还是铁路运输的最大货源,上述几个同比增幅较高的路局基本都在煤炭产区,它们通过改善服务、变革管理方式等手段还是增加了一定的货运量。" 但从环比来看,7月份货运量下降明显。数据显示,7月份,国家铁路货物发送量达25979万吨,相比6月份31015万吨,下降了16.24%。 从单项数据来看,7月份煤炭运量完成18505万吨,石油运量完成1169万吨,粮食运量完成857万吨,分别比6月份18214万吨、1162万吨、826万吨的数据小有增加。 胡思继分析,在大宗物资运量增加的背景下,总货运量出现环比大幅下滑,说明剩余的白货和零散货的发送量下滑的幅度更大,接近两成。