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16/08/2011
Some 583m tonnes of cargo shipped in Uzbekistan in 1H 2011
Some 583m tonnes of cargo shipped in Uzbekistan in 1H 2011
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
In January-June 2011, 583.2 million tonnes of cargoes were carried by all types of transport in Uzbekistan, which grew by 9.2% year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.
The committee said the freight turnover was 37.7 billion tonnes-km and has exceeded the level of January-June 2010 by 6.8%.
Some 523 million tonnes of freights were carried by motor transport, which is 9.2% more than in January-June 2010. The freight turnover has increased by 4.4% to 10.6 billion tonnes-km.
The freight turnover of motor transport of individual entrepreneurs has exceeded the level of January-June 2010 by 6.4% and was 7.5 billion tonnes-km. The share of private carriers in total freight turnover of motor transport was 71.1% versus 69.8% in January-June 2010.
About 16,700 tonnes of freights were carried by air transport, which was 18.4% more than in January-June 2010. The freight turnover has decreased by 1.9% to 81.9 million tonnes-km.
The freight turnover of main pipelines has increased by 11.1% and was 16 billion tonnes-km.
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