The volume of freight transportation in January-July 2025 fell by 12.6% compared to the same period in 2024, to 181.2 million tons, according to preliminary data reported on the website of the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat).
It is noted that freight turnover for the reporting period decreased more sharply, by 13.5%, to 94.37 billion tonne*km, and while in terms of cargo volume in July it was possible to slightly catch up with last year’s figures – by 0.8 percentage points (pp), in terms of freight turnover it increased by 0.8 pp.
Rail transport remains the leader in terms of freight volume, with 92.5 million tons, which is 11% worse than the figure for the first seven months of last year.
Rail freight turnover for the reporting period amounted to 59.66 billion tonne*km, which is 11.8% less than for the same period in 2024. Ukrzaliznytsia explains the decline in freight turnover by the larger share of shorter shipments to ports.
According to the State Statistics Service, road transport carried 66.7 million tons of cargo in the first seven months of this year, which is 11% worse than the figure for the first seven months of last year, although the gap in freight turnover is smaller – only 4%, which indicates an increase in the distance of road transport.
Pipeline transport amounted to 21.5 million tons, a drop of 21.6%, and its cargo turnover fell by 29.2%.
Water transport accounted for a small volume in January-July – 0.5 million tons, or only 45.3% of the volume in January-July 2024, while air transport remains negligible due to the closure of the sky – 0.02 million tons, which is 19.8% less than in the same period last year.
As reported, freight traffic in 2024 increased by 7.8%, and freight turnover by 13%, to 184.58 billion tons/km.
