Baku. 16 June. REPORT.AZ/ In January-May 2016 enterprises and physical entities in the transport sector of Azerbaijan transported 85.6 mln tons of cargo and 749.2 mln passengers.
Report informs referring to the State Statistical Committee, the decline in freight traffic is associated with a reduction in maritime, rail and through pipelines.
Cargo carriages by road reached 61.8%, via pipelines - 28.9%, railway transport - 6.7%, sea transport - 2.5%, air transport - 0.1%.
In addition, 87.6% of passengers used services of vehicles, 12.2% - the metro, and the rest - other modes of transport.