Transport companies in Ukraine in January 2018 decreased transportation of goods by 13.4% compared to January 2017, to 45.2 million tonnes.
According to the State Statistics Service, freight turnover for this period decreased by 9.3%, to 25.7 billion tonne-kilometers.
According to statistical data, in January 2018 railways transported 21.4 million tonnes of cargo within the country and for exports, which is 5.2% less than in January 2017. Transportation of coal decreased by 30.7%, oil and petroleum products by 26.4%, chemical and mineral fertilizers by 20.5%, coke by 18.3%, grain and flour by 12.5%, ferrous metal by 7.7% and timber by 5.6%. Iron and manganese ore transportation grew by 8.5%, cement – by 12.2%, scrap ferrous metals by 21.3% and construction materials by 47.5%.
In the total volume of cargo transportation by water transport, foreign traffic accounted for 88.3%. Compared to January 2017, the volume of foreign cargo shipments increased by 54.1%.
In January 2018, the volume of cargo transportation through pipelines fell. Thus, gas pumping fell by 24.2%, oil by 15.5%. Transit of oil decreased 21.2%, gas 32%.
Transportation of goods by air in January 2018 grew by 25.1%, to 100,000 tonnes.
The aggregate state (direct) and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in January 2018 decreased by 0.25%, or by $190 million, to $76.11 billion, according to the website of the Ministry of Finance.
In the national currency the state debt decreased by 0.46%, or by UAH 9.82 billion, to UAH 2.132 trillion.
According to the report, public debt in January fell by 0.04%, to UAH 1.833 trillion (in dollars it grew by 0.17%, to $65.44 billion), in particular external rose by 0.67%, to UAH 1.088 billion (in dollars by 0.88%, to $38.83 billion).
The state-guaranteed debt in January declined by 2.94%, to UAH 298.9 billion (in dollars it decreased by 2.74%, to $10.67 billion), in particular external debt by 3.08%, to UAH 285.6 billion (in dollars by 2.88%, to $10.2 billion).
