March 24 (SeeNews) - The volume of Moldova's combined railway, road, river and air freight traffic rose 13% to some 1.37 million tonnes in the first two months of the year, the country's statistical office BNS said on Friday.
Calculated in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), traffic increased 21.3% to some 545.2 million FTK in 2016, the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) said in a monthly report.
In February alone, the volume of Moldova's freight rose 7.3% on the month but was 1.1% lower on the year, at 709,900 tonnes.
Details on Moldova's freight traffic follow:
|
Jan-Feb (in thousand tonnes) |
y/y pct change |
Total |
1,371.3 |
13.4 |
-rail |
633.8 |
28.0 |
-road |
735.7 |
4.1 |
-river |
1.7 |
21.8 |
-air |
0.1 |
-7.3 |
Source: BNS