Cargo transport up 13% y/y in H1 2018

Cargo transport in June 2018 increased by 10.9 percent y/y and came in at 51.2 million metric tonnes, GUS stated. The volume of cargo transport in January-June 2018 amounted to 294.1 million tonnes, a 13.0 percent increase compared to the corresponding period of 2017. Rail cargo transport increased by 3.0 percent y/y in June (20.6 million tonnes) and by 8.3 percent y/y in H1 (123.4 million tonnes). Road cargo transport rose by 19.7 percent y/y in June (25,300 tonnes) and by 18.4 percent y/y for the January-June period (138,400 tonnes).