Cargo traffic in Armenia in January-July decreased by 14.2 per cent, while passenger traffic grew by 22.1 per cent

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YEREVAN, 6 September. /ARKA/. The total volume of freight traffic in Armenia in January-July 2024 decreased by 14.2 percent year-on-year to about 9 million tonnes, while the total volume of passenger traffic increased by 22 percent to 125.7 million people, the National Statistical Committee reports./pp

More than 7.1 million tonnes of cargo were transported by road transport (down 8.5% compared to January-July 2023), 1.1 million tonnes by main pipeline transport (down 6.1%), 741,300 tonnes by rail (down 50.6%) and 20,000 tonnes by air (up 10.5%)./pp

In the last 7 months, 102.5 million people used road transport (up 24.3%), 20 million people used electric transport (up 15.7%), about 3 million people used air transport (down 0.5%), and 316,200 people used rail transport (up 8%)./pp

In the first seven months of 2024, there were about 2,296 road accidents in Armenia, which is 8.9 per cent less than in 2023. As a result of road accidents, 182 people were killed (4% increase) and 3,287 people were injured (8.5% decrease)./p

In January-July 2024, revenues from postal and courier activities in Armenia totalled AMD 11,827.8 million, down 0.5% ($1 - AMD 387.30) compared to the same period in 2023 -0-.h1/h1div/div br