BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 16
By Sadraddin Aghjayev - Trend:
Cargo transportation on the Azerbaijani section of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) exceeded 30.4 million tons from January through September 2021, which is 1.8 percent or 537,500 tons more compared to the same period of 2020, Trend reports citing the report of Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee.
During the specified period, the cargo turnover on the Azerbaijani section of TRACECA exceeded 7.177 billion ton-kilometers, which is 2.9 percent more than a year earlier.
Cargo transportation by road accounted for over 17 million tons, or 56 percent of the total volume of cargo transportation, railway transport - 9.93 million tons (32.7 percent), sea transport - 3.435 million tons (11.3 percent).
Out of the total volume of cargo transportation, transit cargo transportation accounted for 6.654 million tons (21.9 percent).
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