ODESSA, JANUARY 30th, 2015, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — Director of Economic Development and Trade of the Odessa Regional State Administration Oleg Muratov has said that last year the ports of Odessa region exceeded goods handling on 7.3% more than in 2013 by export, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

These data Oleg Muratov led today, January 30, during the briefing.

“Handling of goods in our ports over the past year compared to the year 2013 increased by 7.3% (or 6.5 million tons) — the result of a 96.4 million tons. Primarily, this was due to the increase in exports – the exports grew nearly 9 million tons over last year. First of all, this increase was due to the export of grain,” he said.