Port of Rotterdam in Russia

As from today October 19, representatives of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, several other Dutch companies, the Rotterdam Municipality and the Dutch government, will visit Russia. The trade mission is led by the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. According to the Port of Rotterdam Authority told SeaNews, Russia’s share within Rotterdam’s total throughput in 2010 was 14% or 59.8 million tonnes. (1). Russia is, in volume, Rotterdam’s 2nd important partner (2). The Netherlands (Rotterdam), ranks 2nd, after Germany, as an EU destination for Russian exports. Its share was 13% or 14.3 billion euro in 2009. (3). The main three products are crude oil, oil products, both mainly via the port of Primorsk and containers, mainly via St. Petersburg.