Transport enterprises of Ukraine (excluding the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the JFO zone) in January-August 2021 increased the carriage of goods by 4.3% compared to the same period in 2020, up to 398.5 million tonnes, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the report, the freight turnover of carriers for the specified period increased by 1.5%, to 188.4 billion tonne-kilometers.
According to statistics, in January-August 2021 some, 201.7 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in domestic traffic and for export, which is 2.6% more than in January-August 2020. Automobile transport carried 141.7 million tonnes (more by 18.6%), water transport – 3.2 million tonnes (less by 3.1%), pipeline – 51.8 million tonnes (17.4% less), aviation – 100,000 tonnes (more by 1.3%).
