19 Jun 2009 15:14
Cargo turnover in Russia's transport sector declines 18% in May
MOSCOW. June 19 (Interfax) - Cargo turnover in Russia's transportation sector declined 18% to 352.8 billion tonne-kilometers (tkm) in May 2009 compared to May 2008, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
Turnover in the May declined 19% to 150.2 billion tkm for rail, down 21.4% to 14 billion tkm for automobile, down 2.7% to 6.7 billion tkm for sea, down 37.7% to 5.6 billion tkm for internal waters, and down 12.1% to 0.3 billion tkm for air.
Pipelines handled 176 billion tkm in May, 16.6% less.
Cargo turnover in May 2009:
| Type of transport | May 2009, bln tkm | % of May 2008 | % of April 2009 |
| Rail | 150.2 | 81.0 | 102.5 |
| Automobile | 14.0 | 78.6 | 102.0 |
| Sea | 6.7 | 97.3 | 73.4 |
| Internal waters | 5.6 | 62.3 |