For 11 months in 2021, the volume of cargo transportation in Moldova amounted to 17 million 973.8 thousand tons, which is 17.8% more compared to the same period last year.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the largest volume of cargo transportation - more than 80% - was carried out by road transport - 14 million 800.1 thousand tons, which is 19.5% more than in January-November 2020. The enterprises of Chisinau municipality - 43.4%, followed by economic agents from the development regions Center (29.1%), North (19.1%), South (5.6%) and Gagauzia (2.8%). About 16.8% of cargo transportation was carried out by rail transport - 3 million 013.5 tons of cargo, which is 12.8% more than in 11 months of 2020. At the same time, the volume of cargo transportation by river transport amounted to 159 thousand tons (-22.7%), by air transport - 1.2 thousand tons (+6.3%). It should be noted that in the first 3 months of 2021, a monthly decrease in the volume of cargo transportation was recorded - by 16%, 24.7% and, respectively, by 4.2% compared to the same period in 2020, and from April to November - there was a positive trend: from 13.7% in July to 43.2% in April. In November 2021, the volume of cargo transportation in Moldova increased by 33.9% compared to November 2020 and amounted to 2.3 million tons, while the volume of cargo transportation by rail increased by 70.3%, and by road - by 29.5 % compared to the same period in 2020 // 14.01.2022 — InfoMarket
