BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 14. Freight traffic through the Azerbaijani section of the Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia (TRACECA) totaled nearly 37.83 million tons from January through September 2022, up by 24.4 percent against the same period of 2021, the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan told Trend.
During this period, the cargo turnover through the mentioned direction exceeded 9.435 billion ton-kilometers, which was 31.5 percent more than in the first nine months of 2021.
Meantime, cargo transport by road accounted for over 20.376 million tons (53.9 percent), freight transport by rail – over 12.435 million tons (32.9 percent), and freight transport by sea – over 5.017 million tons (13.2 percent) out of Azerbaijan's overall cargo traffic volume.
Out of the total cargo transportation, more than 10.35 million tons (27.4 percent) came at transit cargo movement.