INFLUENCE OF TARIFF POLICY OF RAILWAYS ON COMPETITIVENESS OF COAL INDUSTRY

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For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article examines the role of coal and its contribution to the profitability and volumes of transportation of JSC Russian Railways. Tariffs for transportation of coal by rail and transport (rail) component in the final price of this type of fuel were analyzed. It is shown how the railway tariffs and the transportation distance affect the competitiveness of the Russian coal industry. Keywords: railway, transportation, tariffs, coal, price, transport component, rates of rolling stock operators, competitiveness. REFERENCES 1.Transportation research board special report 318.Modernizing freight rail regulation, Washington, D.C., 2015, 279 p. 2.Khusainov, F. I. Unregulated railway tariffs: the Russian experience of 1850-1880s [Nereguliruemye zheleznodorozhnye tarify: rossijskij opyt 1850-1880-h godov].Bulletin of transport information, 2009, Iss.8, pp.15-22. 3.Khusainov, F. I. Reform of the railway industry in Russia: the problems of unfinished liberalization.Monograph [Reforma zheleznodorozhnoj otrasli v Rossii: problemy nezavershjonnoj liberalizacii. Monografija].Moscow, Nauka publ., 2015, 272 p. 4.Khusainov, F. I. Russia’s accession to the WTO and rail transport [Vstuplenie Rossii v VTO i zheleznodorozhnyj transport].Bulletin of transport information, 2012, Iss.9, pp.9-15. 5.Kudiyarov, S. Let’s give coal to the country! [Dajosh’ strane uglja!].Expert, 2013, October 14. 6.Markova, V., Churashev, V. The Way of Coal [Put’ uglja].Expert-Siberia, 2013, 03 June. 7.Empty promises G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production.London, 2015, 103 p. 8.Khusainov, F. I. Towards a new price list: what about coal? [Navstrechu novomu prejskurantu: kak byt’ s ugljom?].RZD-Partner, July 13, 2016.[Electronic resource]: http://www.rzd-partner.ru/zhd-transport/news/ navstrechu-novomu-preiskurantu - kak-byt-s-ugliom/?sphrase_id=632.Last accessed 14.09.2016.