In January-February 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) reduced its cargo transportation by 8.4% compared to the same period last year, to 26.28 million tons, said Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Commercial Department, at a meeting of the UZ Exporters Office on Wednesday.
The decrease in cargo transportation is recorded for all types of traffic. In particular, the volume of domestic rail freight transportation decreased by 5.4% to 10.85 million tons, and in the export direction – by 9.1% to 13.87 million tons. Imports decreased by 15.2% to 1.52 million tons. Transit traffic decreased by 70.4% to 0.04 million tons.
The share of cargo transported in the export direction amounted to 53% in the total volume of transportation, as in January-February 2024. At the same time, the share of domestic transportation increased slightly to 41% from 40%. Imports accounted for 6%, the same as last year in the same period.
Earlier it was reported that in January 2025, UZ reduced the volume of transportation by 0.9% compared to January 2024 and by 0.2% compared to December 2024 – to 14 million tons.
