CARGO TRANSPORTATION VOLUME BY ARMENIAN RAILWAY INCREASES
BY 20.6% IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF CURRENT YEAR AS COMPARED WITH
SAME PERIOD OF 2006
04-07-2007 16:44:00 | Armenia | Economy
YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Cargo transportation volume
by Armenian railway made 1 mln 308 thousand 400 tons in the
first six months of the current year, which exceeds the index of
the same period of the previous year by 20.6%. According to the
Public Relations Department of the RA Ministry of Transport and
Communication, cargo delivery outside the country made 346
thousand 900 tons, which has increased by 46.5% as compared with
the first six months of 2006. Import volumes have increased by
nearly 30%. Intrarepublican cargo transportation has decreased
a little. This year it has made 307 thousand tons against 343
thousand tons of previous year.