ArmInfo. The volume of cargo transportation in Armenia in January-November 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 decreased by 50.7% - up to 13,272.8 thousand tons. Of these, 8 707.5 thousand tons (65.6% of the total) accounted for road transport, which decreased by 61.5% y-o-y. This is evidenced by the data of the Statistical Committee of RA.
According to the source, The volume of rail freight for the reporting period increased by 9.9% - up to 2 929.9 thousand tons, air transportation - by 12.7% - up to 18.7 thousand tons. 1,616.7 thousand tons of natural gas was delivered via the main pipeline, which is 1.9% more than the indicator a year ago. Cargo turnover increased by 7.2% up to 4.244.2 million tons/ km.
Passenger traffic during the reporting period increased by 4.3% - up to 177 526.1 thousand people. In particular, the volume of road transport increased by 3.6% to 150,453.1 thousand people, passenger transportation by electric transport - by 6.2% - to 23,335.8 thousand people, rail - by 11.9% to 400.1 thousand people, air transportation - by 26.8% to 3 337.1 thousand people. Passenger traffic increased by 8.1% - up to 2,487.1million passenger/ km.
