Azerbaijan, Baku, April 21 /trend E.Ismayilov/
Transport sector of Azerbaijan has been transported 47.8 million tons of cargo in January-March, which is 4.3 percent more than the same period in 2011, State Committee on Statistics told Trend on Saturday.
Some 70.5 percent of the goods from the total amount, transported in January-March, account for the private sector. Some 48.8 percent of goods were transported by road, 33 percent - pipelines, 11.2 percent - rail and 7 percent - by sea.
Some 361.4 million people were transported by passenger transport in January-March, which is 8.9 percent more than in January-March 2011. Most of the passengers were transported by road transport (86.6 percent) and metro (13.1 percent).
Some 5.4 million tons of cargo was transported by rail in January - March, which is 7.1 percent more than in January-March 2011.
Some 3.3 million tons of cargo was transported by sea in January-March, which is 8.5 percent more than in January-March 2011. The entire volume of transported cargo accounted for international operations. The volume of cargo handled at ports of Azerbaijan in January-March amounted to 3.3 million tons, 6.1 percent more than in January-March last year.
Some 23.3 million tons of cargo was transported by road transport, which is 7.4 percent more than in January-February 2011. The volume of passenger traffic totaled 312.9 million (increase by 9 percent). Some 96.3 percent of the passengers were transported by buses and 3.7 percent - by cars.
Some 47.5 million people were transported by the subway, increasing by 8.7 percent.
Some 310.7 thousand passengers were transported by air transport, which is 14.6 percent more than the same period in 2011. Some 1.5 percent of traffic by this kind of transport accounted for private sector.
Some 9.3 million tons of cargo was transported through the Eurasian transport corridor at the territory of Azerbaijan in January-February 2012, which is 4.5 percent more than in January-February 2011. Some 43.1 million people were transported through the corridor in January-February, which is 7.7 percent more than in January-February 2011.