Calculated in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), traffic increased 14% on the year to some 3.25 million FTK during the January-September period, the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) said in a monthly transport sector report.
In September alone, the volume of Moldova's freight traffic increased by 25% on the month and by 23% on the year, to 2.1 million tonnes.
Details on Moldova's freight traffic follow:
Jan-Sep (in thousand tonnes) | y/y pct change | |
Total | 11,948.1 | 21.8 |
-rail | 3,414.3 | 42.5 |
-road | 8,438.6 | 15.4 |
-river | 94.5 | -5.5 |
-air | 0.7 | 100.0 |
source: BNS