BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16
By Sadraddin Aghjayev - Trend:
Some 54.2 percent of all cargo, which is 25.3 million tons, were transported by vehicles of Azerbaijan in the first quarter of 2021, Trend reports citing a report from the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.
The cargo transportation by this type of transport decreased by 15.3 percent compared to the same period of 2020.
The volume of cargo transported by private sector vehicles declined by 10.5 percent. Some 76.1 percent of all cargo transportation accounted for this sector.
During the reporting period, 252.6 million passengers were transported by vehicles, which is by 34.9 percent less than in the same period of last year.
Some 92.6 percent of passengers were transported by buses while 7.4 percent by taxis and other private carriers.
Moreover, the cargo turnover and passenger traffic for the reporting period decreased by 28.1 percent and 32.1 percent, respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2020.
In general, all modes of transport of Azerbaijan transported 46.7 million tons of cargo from January through March 2021, which is by eight percent less than in the same period of last year.
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