Baku/20.09.13/Turan : For seven months of 2013 transit cargo transportation in Azerbaijan section of Corridor Trans-Europe - Caucasus - Asia (TRACECA) was 8 635.6 thousand tons. This is 9.4 % less than in the corresponding period of 2012. The trend dates back to last year, when the freight along the corridor fell by 3.2%.
In the State Statistics Committee told Turan that the share of rail is 3 824.9 thousand tons (down 16.2 %), maritime transport - 4 810.7 thousand tons (-3.3 %) transit.
From transit there was earned 83.9 million manat. This is 10.3 % less than in the comparable period last year.
The program of inter-regional technical assistance program TRACECA initiated in May 1993 to develop a transport corridor from Europe through the Black Sea, the Caucasus, and the Caspian Sea with access to the Central Asian countries. The countries that join the project apply reduced rates for freight . - 08D-
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