KIEV, Aug. 26 – Turnover of imported cargo shipments by rail to Ukraine in 2015 is projected at 19.336 billion ton-kilometers, which is 2.1% up on 2014 and the largest total since 1996.

According to an explanatory note to the financial plan of Ukrainian railways for 2015, which has been posted on the Infrastructure Ministry's website, the key goods that will be imported to Ukraine are coal, fuel and ore.

Transit shipments in 2015 are projected at 29.34 billion ton-kilometers, which is 4.2% down on 2014 and the smallest over the last five years.