Featured Data Additions, August 19, 2026

TRANSPRT → Cargo and Freight Statistics → Russia → Freight Transport Tariff Index

Freight transport cost statistics for Russia were added to the TRANSPRT database. Month-over-month and year-over-year growth rates for rail, maritime, inland water, road, air and pipeline freight costs are included on this table. Monthly data are sourced from the Federal State Statistics Service and start in January 2006.

Chart: June 2026 saw across the board year-over-year freight cost increases in Russia ranging from 14.3% – 4.6%. This continues an almost uninterrupted streak of YoY increases dating back to 2022. The surge persists due to a severe domestic fuel crisis driven by attacks on oil refineries, soaring maritime war-risk insurance, security threats in the Black Sea, aggressive rate hikes in state railway tariffs, and mounting equipment and labor shortages.

CMDTY → Spot Prices → Shanghai Metals Market Prices

We expanded our metal prices offering sourced from Shanghai Metals Market in the CMDTY database. Twenty-four new prices were added to this table including battery-grade lithium carbonate, three rare earth metals, four rare earth oxides, and fifteen minor metals. Daily data start as early as December 2006.

Chart: Erbium is a heavy rare earth element with a narrow but strategically significant demand profile anchored in telecommunications infrastructure. Secondary applications include laser technology, nuclear reactors, and certain alloys. These use cases position erbium as a heavy rare earth with genuine industrial demand but without the supply scarcity or explosive demand growth of magnet elements such as dysprosium and terbium. Erbium’s price trajectory is therefore more stable and is less exposed to the EV and wind turbine demand cycles that dominate rare earth investment narratives.

TRANSPRT → Vehicle Statistics → Singapore → Motor Vehicle Registrations by Vehicle & Fuel Type

Motor vehicle registration statistics by class of vehicle and fuel type for Singapore were added to the TRANSPRT database. Vehicle classes include cars, taxis, motorcycles, goods transport vehicles, and buses. Fuel type detail includes petrol, diesel, full electric, and various forms of hybrid technologies. These monthly data are sourced from the Land Transport Authority and start in January 2016.

Chart: Although fossil fuel-powered cars still outnumber cars with EV technology by a margin of more than 2 to 1, the rate of EV technology adoption in Singapore has been significant. In January of 2016, the margin was 90 to 1. The total stock of passenger cars has increased by a modest 8.5% in the last decade in Singapore, but during this time we have seen a decrease in the stock of fossil fuel-powered cars decrease by 23%. During this same period, registrations of electric and hybrid cars increased by 2,900%, making Singapore a regional leader in EV technology adoption.