ArmInfo.The volume of freight traffic in Armenia in the first quarter of 2021 accelerated the annual growth from 2.6% to 9.1%, amounting to 3,193 thousand tons.
Of these, 58.6% or 1,871.3 thousand tons are accounted for by road transport, the dynamics of which came out of a 4.8% decline by 17.5% growth. This is stated in the report of the RA Statistical Committee. According to statistics, rail freight transportation for the reporting period decreased by 4.9% - to 676 thousand tons, air - by 27.3% - to 3.2 thousand tons. The main pipeline supplied 642.5 thousand tons of natural gas, which is 3.7% more than a year ago.
At the same time, passenger traffic during the reporting period accelerated the annual decline from 16.2% to 40.6%, amounting to 22 604.6 thousand people. Automobile passenger transportation decreased by 45.9% - to 17,479 thousand people, air - by 54.9% - to 271 thousand people, passenger transportation by electric transport - by 5.2% - to 4776.9 thousand people. At the same time, railway passenger traffic increased by 4.6% - up to 7.7 thousand people.
As a result, cargo turnover increased in the first quarter of 2021 by 4.3% per annum - to 1,372.2 million ton/km, while passenger turnover, on the contrary, decreased by 39.1% per annum - to 300.8 million passenger/km.
