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Azerbaijan's railway cargo transportation down within 9M2020

Transport Materials 21 October 2020 12:40 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan's railway cargo transportation down within 9M2020

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.21

By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:

Azerbaijan transported 1.6 million tons of cargo by rail from January through September 2020, which is 3.6 percent less than in the same period of 2019, Trend reports referring to the State Customs Committee.

According to the committee, over the reporting period, goods worth $318 million were exported from Azerbaijan by rail, which is a decrease of 38.9 percent compared to the same period of last year.

Totally, Azerbaijan carried out railway cargo transportation in the amount of over $1.8 billion, which is 17.2 percent less than in the nine months of 2019.

During the reporting period, the volume of freight traffic by rail amounted to 5.2 million tons, which is 0.6 percent less than in the same period in 2019.

Meanwhile, imports by rail amounted to over $1.5 billion (down 10 percent).

Azerbaijan's total foreign trade turnover in the past 9 months of 2020 amounted to $18.4 billion, showing a 27.1 percent decline compared to the same period in 2019.

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