Freight and passenger transportation in January-November 2008

National Bureau of Statistics informs, that in January-November 2008 enterprises of railway, road, river and air transport, have transported 15428,5 thou. tonnes of goods, or 99,9% of the total volume realized in the corresponding period of the previous year. The decrease of the volume of transported goods has been registered by railway (-1,7%) and air (-15,8%) transport, whereas the volume of transported goods by road and river transport has increased, respectively by 3,3% and 17,8%.

Turnover of goods increased with 2,5% compared to January-November 2007,  at the expense of the increase of it in road transport (+12,9%) and river transport (+20,0%). Simultaneously, it decreased in railway and air transport by, respectively 3,1% and 5,6%.

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