Cargo, Latvia, Railways, Transport

International freight shipments by rail in 2019 fell 16.9 % on year to 39.782 mln tons, and domestic freight shipments rose 25.1% to 1.71 mln tons.

Transit freight carried by rail was down 18.6% from 2018 to 36.176 mln tons in 2019. Import freight rose 6.5% to 3.325 mln tons, and export cargo was down 11.4% to 280,800 tons in 2019.

Shipping of rail cargo via Latvia’s ports decreased 19.8% to 31.631 mln tons and deliveries of transit cargo by land declined 9.9% to 4.546 mln tons.

A total of 49,26 mln tons of freight were shipped by rail in Latvia in 2018, up 12%.