Transport industry of Russian Federation increased the turnover by 5.5% in January-April, reports Rosstat.
The turnover of transport industry of Russian Federation grew by 5.5% in January-April of 2008 in comparison with the similar period of the last year, up to 1 trln 688,9 bln tons-kilometers, according to information of "Interfax".
In particular, the turnover of railway transport amounted to 737,6 bln tons-kilometers (tkm, growth by 8.5%), the turnover of automobile transport - 65,6 bln tkm (growth by 3.2%), the turnover of sea transport - 24.9 bln tkm (growth by 57.7%), the turnover of river transport - 3.7 bln tkm (decrease by 54.5%), the turnover of air transport - 1,2 bln tkm (36.8%), turnover of pipeline transport - 855.9 bln tkm (growth by 2,7%).
The turnover of transport of RF in April of 2008:
Types of transport | April 2008, bln tkm | By April 2007, % | By March 2008, % |
Railway | 184.8 | 104.4 | 95.9 |
Automobile | 17.8 | 104.2 | 99.6 |
Sea | 8.8 | by 2.4 | 156.1 |
River | 2.2 | 70.0 | by 3.3 |
Air (Transport aircraft) | 0.3 | 125.4 | 93.2 |
Pipeline | 213.3 | 107.1 | 98.1 |
Total turnover: | 427.2 | 106.7 | 98.3 |
