Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 18 / Trend E. Ismayilov /
In 2012, the cargo transportation by all transport means made up 210.6 million tons of cargo or 3.5 percent more than during the same period in 2011, the State Statistics Committee told Trend today.
The private sector's share in cargo transportation was 74.1 percent. Of the total cargo volume transported, 56.1 percent accounted for road transport, 27.1 percent - pipelines, 10.9 percent - railway and 5.9 percent - by sea.
The passenger transportation in 2012 totaled 1.6 billion people, which is 8.4 percent more than during the same period of 2011. Passenger transportation by automobile was 87.6 percent, metro - 12.1 percent.
About 22.9 million tons of cargo were transported by railway in 2012 compared to 22.1 million tons in 2011.
The cargo shipping via sea hit 12.4 million tons compared to 12.5 million tons in 2011. The volume of transported goods fall to the international operations.
The volume of cargo processed in Azerbaijani ports was 11.9 million tons in 2012, which is 0.4 percent more than the same period of 2011.
The cargo transported by vehicles made up 118.1 million tons of cargo or 7.6 percent more than the same period of 2011. Passenger transportation comprised 1.4 billion people (a 8.7 percent increase) with 96.4 percent people using buses and 3.6 percent people - vehicles.
About 195.6 million passengers used metro. The figure increased by 7.1 percent.
About 1.6 million people were transported by aircrafts, or 14.3 percent more compared to the same period of 2011. The private sector's share in this type of transport hit 1.5 percent.
About 51.9 million tons of cargo were transported through Azerbaijan via the Eurasian transport corridor in January-November or 5.6 percent more than the same period of 2011. Roughly 237. 7 million passengers were transported within the corridor, which is 7.9 percent more than in January-November 2011.