Overview
- The inaugural shipment carried 1,050 tonnes of third‑class wheat in 15 Rusagrotrans grain wagons loaded in Russia’s Ulyanovsk region.
- Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the delivery and said the movement was organized in cooperation with Russian Railways.
- Azerbaijan’s decision in October to lift transit restrictions enabled the corridor, following coordination among Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
- South Caucasus Railway said additional consignments, including grain from Kazakhstan routed through Azerbaijan, are expected in the coming days.
- Officials describe the corridor as a cheaper alternative to Black Sea routes that could ease the Verkhniy Lars bottleneck for Armenia, which imports roughly 450,000–500,000 tonnes of grain annually, almost all from Russia.