BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14
By Sadraddin Agjayev - Trend:
Azerbaijan carried out rail freight in the amount of $793.3 million from January through April 2020, which is 21.8 percent less compared to the same period of 2019, Trend reports referring to the State Customs Committee (SCC).
Over the reporting period, the volume of freight transportation by rail amounted to 2 million tons, which is 32.6 percent more compared to the same period of last year.
Meanwhile, the volume of the freight exported by rail made up 654,667 tons, amounting in monetary terms to $141.9 million (a slide of over 3.4 percent). In turn, over 1.4 million tons of the freight worth $651.9 million (a decline of 9.8 percent) were imported by rail.
In the reporting period, Azerbaijan's total trade turnover amounted to $11.6 billion.
The country's export made up $6.3 billion, while import - over $3.3 billion.
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