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Rail freight in Latvia grew by 1.2% in H1

BC, Riga, 13.07.2017.Print version
Freight transportation using the Latvian railway infrastructure amounted to 24.367 million tons in the first six months of the year 2017, up 1.2% from the same period in 2016, the state-owned railway company Latvijas Dzelzcels (LDz) said, reports LETA.

International cargo shipments by rail in the first half of the year was at 23.78 million tons, up by 1.2% from the previous year, while domestic shipments 587,500 tons, down by 1.5%.

 

Transit cargo carried by rail was at 22.043 million tons in the first six months of the year, or 6.5% more than the previous year. Import cargo carried by rail was at 1.547 million tons (down by 26.2%), while export cargo was at 189,900 tons (close to fourfold reduction).






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