December 27 (SeeNews) - The volume of Moldova's combined railway, road, river and air freight traffic rose 10.2% to some 17.9 million tonnes in the first eleven months of the year, the country's statistical office BNS said on Thursday.
Calculated in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), traffic increased 3.9% to some 4.39 million FTK in the January-November period, the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) said in a monthly report.
In November alone, the volume of Moldova's freight fell by 12.7% on the month and was 11.4% higher on the year, at 2 million tonnes.
Details on Moldova's freight traffic follow:
|
Jan-Nov (in thousand tonnes) |
y/y pct change |
Total |
17,855.7 |
10.2% |
-rail |
4,513.2 |
4.2% |
-road |
13,222.0 |
12.6% |
-river |
119.3 |
-3.6% |
-air |
1.2 |
25.0% |
Source: BNS
The total volume of Moldova's railway, road, river, and air freight traffic grew by 23.8% year-on-year in 2017, reaching some 17.3 million tonnes.