Disappointing prediction for amateurs was given by the suppliers. The seasoning will rise in price because of the shortage of wagons for its transportation, they explained.. As a result, it is not always possible to send the required amount of salt. Therefore, the volumes of unloaded stocks are growing, and the warehouses of commercial operators are emptying, the director for interaction with the state authorities of Rusprodsoyuz (including salt producers) told Izvestia Alexei Tyunik.

According to him, if the situation does not improve in the near future, the prices for seasoning will rise, and she herself may disappear from the shelves of stores, he said.. In October, in the market of technical salt, the rise in the wholesale price was 10%, and the cost of salt reached 3 thousand. rub. per tonne. Retail prices will rise by the same amount. These fears are shared by the commercial director of "Russol" Alexey Bulychev. He informed. that "problems with the supply of trains and the growth of rates of carriers arose in late 2016". "For today only by our company the volume of paid, but not shipped, wagons is more than 4 thousand pieces," he specified.. And he added that "there are prerequisites for salt deficiency and increased costs for its delivery to consumers". At the same time, Bulychev noted, "the producers have not increased the selling price for this type of product for a long time". On the shelves of stores by the end of the year, domestic salt will rise in price by almost 5%, and the import class "Extra" - by almost 10%, warned the president of the joint-stock company "Sol Rusi" Stanislav Cherkasov.

In RZD take the necessary measures to ensure the export of the entire volume of cargo. The company is aware of difficulties with the export of products, but stressed that it is a technical, and not about food salt. Meanwhile, due to a decrease in salt sales, according to Rosstat, has already begun to fall. In September, they decreased by 10% compared to August. As of October 1, salable commodity stocks in trading organizations declined by almost 10% compared to September.