May 25 (SeeNews) - The aggregate volume of Moldova's railway, road, river and air freight traffic grew by 15.6% year-on-year, reaching some 3.76 million tonnes in the first four months of 2017, the country's statistical office BNS said on Thursday.
Calculated in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), traffic increased 16.3% on the year to some 1.28 million FTK during January-April, the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) said in a monthly report.
In April alone, the volume of Moldova's freight traffic fell 1.2% on the month but was 15.8% higher on the year, at 1.2 million tonnes.
Details on Moldova's freight traffic follow:
|
Jan-Apr (in thousand tonnes) |
y/y pct change |
Total |
3,769.3 |
15.6 |
-rail |
1,338.7 |
30.3 |
-road |
2,411.8 |
9.3 |
-river |
18.6 |
67.9 |
-air |
0.2 |
60.5 |
Source: BNS