The volume of freight transportation in January-August 2025 amounted to 208.9 million tons, which is 11.3% less than in the same period of 2024, while in January-July the decline was 12.6%, according to the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat) on its website.
According to its data, rail transport remains the leader in terms of freight volume, with 106.9 million tons, which is 9.4% less than in the same period last year.
Rail freight turnover for the reporting period amounted to 67.70 billion tonne*km, which is 11.8% less than for the same period in 2024.
According to the State Statistics Service, road transport carried 77.4 million tons of cargo in the first eight months of this year, which is 9.3% less than in the first eight months of 2024.
Cargo transportation by water transport in January-August 2025 amounted to only 0.6 million tons, or 53.3% of the volume in January-August 2024.
Data on cargo transportation by pipeline and rail transport during martial law are not disclosed.
As reported, freight traffic in 2024 increased by 7.8%, and freight turnover by 13%, to 184.58 billion tons/km.
At the beginning of this year, the decline in freight transportation in Ukraine accelerated and reached 18.5% in the first four months, including a 21.3% decline in rail transportation, but since then, the decline has been slowing down every month.
