According to “Kommersant”, at the end of the week at the meeting with first Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will resume discussion on the method of allocation of the capacity of BAM and Transsib between different goods. Shippers still claim to document — how to prioritize goods in General, and to the distribution of the quota between the coal miners of Kuzbass. However, according to sources, “b”, on the background of the April collapse of prices of coal in the Eastern markets interest in the allocation of quotas for Eastern polygon has somewhat weakened.On may 15, scheduled a meeting with first Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov according to the method of allocation of limited capacity of BAM and Transsib, told “” three sources in the industry. The methodology seeks to distribute power among the various types of cargoes, and the coal quota of between the coal companies of Kuzbass (see “Kommersant” on April 9 and 10). Amendments to rules of non-discriminatory access, making this technique, in April, was sent to the government. Earlier against the proposed rules was made by the Council of consumers of JSC Russian Railways (see “Kommersant” on April 9), the FAS gave their comments on this document in anticipation of a discrimination range of goods and offering to refuse payment of transportation of cargo will not fit in the quota, and directed by a circuitous route, according to the actually traversed, not the shortest distance (see Kommersant dated 29 April). The Ministry of transport on 30 April and sent to the government a revised version of a document (there is a “b”), which expands the category of subsidized goods, which potentially reduces the amount of coal, oil and grain.Meanwhile, objections to the method have not yet been removed. One of the main relates to surviving in the latest version of the methodology postulate about payment of the fare for the actual distance. Kommersant’s source in the industry says that it is contrary to the Charter of railway transport of the Russian Federation, which contains provision for payment of freight by the shortest distance. In his letter to Andrei Belousov, 13 April (there is a “b”), “Gazprom oil” notes that the application of this principle may lead to higher tariffs in some areas by about 1 thousand rubles per ton, or 20%, which in conditions of falling demand in the domestic market “will be unaffordable for oil refining and, most likely, will lead to decrease of production volumes of petroleum products”. The company also writes that the emergence of categories, given priority over the transportation of petroleum products, creates a risk of limiting supplies of “Gazprom oil” in 15 regions of the Russian Federation. In “Gazprom” have refused comments. The source “b” familiar with the situation, said that in the previous version of method dispatch of coal exports by rail could receive priority over fuel supplies to the regions of Siberia, but the government saw this problem and in the new version of the methodology it needs to be solved.The coal miners also have objections to the allocation of quotas. So, in my April letter to the FAS, the Ministry of energy and Ministry of transport Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya company (KTK) indicated that the binding of volumes of delivery to the East to export shipments in the ports of the North-West will lead to unreasonable restriction of access to the Eastern polygon of some coal companies compared to other. In the letter (there is a “b”), the company pointed out that thermal coal with calorific value less than 6 thousand calories is not in demand in Western markets, losses in such transfers exceed $20 per ton. While the CTC on deposits not mined coal of higher calorific value, in contrast to other companies, which also have ports in the West and, consequently, the incentive to upload them. Also, to the letter, the method of calculation, or significantly underestimates the volume of supply companies on Eastern markets is relatively available, or requires it to deliver on all fronts much more than she ever produced. CPC reviews not given.However, if a month ago, the method of allocation of the capacity of the Eastern landfill was the subject of enormous interest on the part of the miners, that the April drop in the price of coal in the East it is sharply cooled. Now the price of Asian markets dropped to the level of the beginning of 2016 at $55 per ton, said Maxim Hudalov of an ACRE: many manufacturers raw coal think about the termination of the supply, thereby clearing the way for suppliers of enriched concentrate and anthracite. To the West, says the expert, is absolutely unprofitable for ordinary coal. At the same time, there is hope for a recovery of prices in Asia amid a decline in production in the United States, Colombia, South Africa and partly in China, but, according to Maxim Hudalova, it will not happen before early next year.Natalia Skorlygina, Dmitry Kozlov
