Cargo transportation in Ukraine dropped by 11.6% in January–November

In January–November 2020, cargo transportation in Ukraine fell by 11.6% to 546.6 million tons compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the State Statistics Service.

In November, a decline in cargo transportation volume slowed down:

• in January–October, a decline was 12.5% compared to the same period of 2019;
• in January–September 13.3%;
• in January–August 13.4%;
• in January–July 15%;
• in January–June 16.3%;
• in January–May 16.5%;
• in January–April 15%;
• in January–March 14.9%;
• in January–February 16%;
• in January 20.7%.

In 11M rail transportation decreased by 3.2% to 278.8 million tons, road transportation by 21.6% to 174.6 million tons compared to the same period of the previous year.

Water transportation dropped by 8.4% to 5.2 million tons, pipe transportation by 13.5% to 87.9 million tons, and air transportation by 6.5% to 0.1 million tons.

As reported earlier, cargo transportation by all means of transport grew by 2.1% in 2019.