October 15 (SeeNews) - The volume of Moldova's combined railway, road, river and air freight traffic fell by an annual 12.7% to some 10.1 million tonnes in the first eight months of the year, the country's statistical office BNS said on Thursday.
Calculated in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), traffic decreased 8.9% to some 2.936 million FTK in the January-August period, the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) said in a monthly report.
Details on Moldova's freight traffic follow:
|
Jan-Aug (in thousand tonnes) |
y/y pct change |
Total |
10,157.2 |
-12.7% |
-rail |
1,992.1 |
-33.9% |
-road |
8,030.0 |
-6.0% |
-river |
134.3 |
+58.0% |
-air |
0.8 |
-27.7% |
Source: BNS
The volume of Moldova's combined railway, road, river and air freight traffic fell by an annual 3.7% to some 18.9 million tonnes in 2019.