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Rail freight in Latvia down 2.8% in 9 months
BC, Riga, 12.10.2017.
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Print versionFreight transportation using the Latvian railway infrastructure amounted to 33.314 million tons in the first nine months of this year, down 2.8% from the same period in 2016, the data of the Transport Ministry shows, cites LETA.
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International cargo shipments by rail in the first nine months of the year
was at 32.081 million tons, down 3.1% from the nine months of 2016, while
domestic shipments rose 7.5% to 1.233 million tons.
Transit cargo carried by rail was at 29.528 million tons in the first nine
months of the year, or 1% more than a year ago. Import cargo carried by rail
was at 2.302 million tons (down by 23.7%), while export cargo was at 250,700
tons (3.4 times reduction).
Shipping of rail cargo via Latvian ports declined 3.5% year-on-year to
27.036 million tons, while deliveries of transit cargo by land grew twice to
2.492 million tons.
A total of 34.262 million tons of freight were shipped by rail in Latvia in
the nine months of 2016.
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