Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 19
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
The Eurasian transport corridor (TRACECA, the Europe-Caucasus-Asia) transported 58.2 million metric tons of cargo through the territory of Azerbaijan in 2014 compared to 59 million metric tons in 2013, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's report as of January said.
Around 49.8 percent of the total volume of transported goods accounted for vehicles, 34.2 percent - trains and 16 percent - ships, the report says.
Around 307.3 million people (7.8 percent more than in the same period of 2013) were transported through the corridor in 2014.
The revenues from transportation of goods via the corridor for this period amounted to 531 million manats or 11.5 percent more than in 2013. The revenues from passenger transportation amounted to 120.4 million manats in January-December 2014 or 13.1 percent more than in the same period of 2013.
TRACECA is an international cooperation program in the field of transport between the EU and partner countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. The organization has a permanent secretariat in Baku.
TRACECA member states are Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Iran.
The official exchange rate is 0.7857 AZN/USD Feb. 19.
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