In the first half of this year, cargo transportation across transport corridors in Azerbaijan reached 7,587.6 thousand tons by rail, 3,365.2 thousand tons by maritime transport, and 5,699 thousand tons by road transport.
Sea-news.az reports this citing the State Statistical Committee.
According to the data, cargo volumes transported through the corridors during January–June were as follows:
- East-West transport corridor: 9,207.4 thousand tons (including 4,595 thousand tons via the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor)
- North-South transport corridor: 4,559.3 thousand tons
- North-West transport corridor: 2,623.3 thousand tons
- South-West transport corridor: 261.8 thousand tons
During the 6-month period, transit cargo accounted for 46.6% of all goods transported by rail and 46.5% of those transported by road.
