Over 637.4 million tonnes of cargoes transported in Uzbekistan in 1H

The freight turnover was 40.2 billion tonnes-km or grew by 2.5% year-on-year, he committee said.

Over 571.8 million tonnes of freights were transported by automobile transport, which grew by 4.9% year-on-year. The freight turnover increased by 7.5% and reached 12.5 billion tonnes-km.

The freight turnover of motor transport of individual entrepreneurs rose by 7.5% year-on-year in the first half of 2014 and reached 9.3 billion tonnes-km. The share of private carriers in total freight turnover of automobile transport was 74.2%, which did not change compared to January-June 2013.

Over 10,700 tonnes of freights were carried by air transport in January-June 2014, which rose by 8.3% year-on-year. The freight turnover increased by 2.6% - to 53.5 million tonnes-km.

The freight turnover of main pipelines increased by 0.5% and was 16.1 billion tonnes-km.