Uzbekistan, Tashkent, May 11 / Trend D. Azizov /
Uzbekistan increased the volume of cargo transportation using all kinds of transport by 4.6 per cent up to 267 million tons in the first quarter compared to the same period of 2011, the Uzbek State Statistics Committee said today.
About 233.8 million tons were transported by vehicles, or by 4.5 per cent more compared to the same period last year. Turnover of goods by vehicles increased by 4.2 per cent and amounted to 3.807 billion ton-kilometres.
Transportation of goods by railway in the first quarter increased by 1.5 per cent to 14.9 million tons and turnover of goods increased by 5.1 per cent, up to 5.493 billion ton-kilometres.
About 18.3 million tons of goods were transported by pipelines or 8.1 per cent more than the previous year. The turnover increased by 13.4 per cent to 7.92 billion ton-kilometres.
Transportation of goods by air declined by 31.2 per cent up to 5800 tons and turnover reduced by 26.3 per cent, up to 30 million ton-kilometres.
In general, the turnover of goods increased by 8.5 per cent to 17.3 per cent compared to January-March 2011.
The share of road transport in total transportation volume in the first quarter remained at the same level of last year - 87.6 per cent. The share of pipelines increased to 6.8 per cent (6.6 per cent), the share of railway declined to 5.6 per cent (5.8 per cent) and air transport up to 0.002 per cent (0.003 per cent).
Passenger transportation increased by 4.3 per cent to 1.354 billion in the first quarter. Passenger turnover increased by 9.8 per cent - to 18.1 billion passenger-kilometres.
The largest number of passengers at 1.389 billion, or 98.1 per cent was transported by vehicles. The volume of passenger turnover on this type of transport increased by 4.5 per cent with turnover rising by 4.5 per cent, to 14.87 billion passenger-kilometres.
The number of passengers transported by railway increased by 3.7 per cent to 3.9 million. The passenger turnover increased by 9.9 per cent, up to 814.2 million passenger -kilometres.
About 0.6 million passengers were transported by air, or 23.9 per cent more than a year ago. Passenger turnover hit 2.238 billion passenger-kilometres (growth - by 68.5 per cent).
The number of passengers transported by urban electric transport decreased by 6.8 per cent to 20.7 million. Passenger turnover fell by five per cent to 138.5 million passenger-kilometres.
In 2011 the volume of freight transportation in Uzbekistan increased by 8.7 per cent up to 1.269 billion tons compared to 2010. Turnover of goods increased by 6.8 per cent to 80.9 billion ton-kilometres.
The number of passengers transported by all kinds of transport increased by 5.9 per cent up to 6.342 billion. Passenger turnover increased by 7.7 per cent to 59.8 billion passenger-kilometres.