Cargo transportation grows by 4% in Azerbaijan

In January to August, 2010, haulage companies and individual carriers of cargo in Azerbaijan rendered services for AZN 2.4 bn (including AZN 300 million in August) that is by 4% more versus the 2009 same term indicator.

The Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee (ASSC) informs that for the reported term 129.6 million tons of cargo (20.1 million tons in August) were transported that exceeds by 2.8% the figure for the relevant period of 2009.

In 2009 cargo carriages totaled 189.8 million tons that is by 7.8% more versus the 2008 indicators.

Over the reported term the largest part of cargo transportation was carried out by road 51.1%, via pipelines 32%, by rail 11.2% and by sea 5.7%.

The share of cargo carriages by private sector (rise by 3.7%) totaled 74.3%.

In January to August, 2010, 889.5 million passengers were carried that is by 3.6% more against 2009 same period. Last year’s figure was 1.3 bn people (+6.9% against 2008).

For the reported period 14.5 million tons of cargo were transported by rail (+6.8%) versus 20.3 million in 2009. Cargo turnover is now 5.5 bn ton-km (+10.1%).

Maritime transport shipped 7.3 million tons of cargo (-15.6%) against 13.2 million tons (+10.1%) in 2009. At that, 66.6% (versus 75%) of cargo fell on the share of oil and 33.4% (25%) on dry cargo.

In January to August, 2010, transportation by road reached 66.3 million tons of cargo (+6.4%) and 767.5 million passengers (+7.5%) versus 94.2 million tons of cargo and 1.1 bn of passengers for 2009.

Over 2009 668,700 passengers were transported by air against 941,200 ones in 2009. At that, 77.7% of passengers were carried by planes of state airlines and 22.3% by planes of private ones.

Over the reported period domestic oil pipelines carried 33 million tons versus 50.5 million tons in 2009. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipe transported 25.3 million tons versus 38.2 million.

11.8 bn cu m of gas were pumped via domestic gas main pipelines against 11.6 bn in 2009. Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline exported 3.6 bn cu m of gas versus 5.2 bn cu m in 2009.