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Cargo transportation to increase by over 20% in Azerbaijan by 2018

Business Materials 29 October 2014 16:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 29

By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:

The volume of cargo transported by the Azerbaijani transport sector will reach 281.2 million metric tons by 2018 compared to 228.5 million metric tons projected for 2014, the government told Trend Oct. 29.

The transportation rate in the country's transport sector amounted to 217.9 million metric tons of cargo in 2013 compared to 210.9 million metric tons in 2012.

The volume of cargo transported by the transport sector will continue increasing. It will be 244.7 million metric tons in 2015, 256.5 million metric tons in 2016 and 271.1 million metric tons in 2017.

Most of the cargo transportation account for vehicles. So, the figure was 125.2 million metric tons in 2013. It is projected at 132.7 million metric tons in 2014, 140.7 million metric tons in 2015, 149.2 million metric tons in 2016, 158.2 million metric tons in 2017 and 167.7 million metric tons in 2018.

The rest of cargo transportation will account for rail, sea, air transport and pipeline.

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