Transit cargo on Azerbaijan Railways grew by 5.7% for 2024

15:48 - 10.01.2025


January 10, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) transported 18.5 million tons of cargo in transit, export, import and domestic modes in 2024.

ABC.AZ reports, referring to ADY, that last year transit cargo grew by 5.7% versus 2023 up to 7.3 million tons. Import deliveries increased by 10% and reached 5.2 million tons.

The main transit route was the East-West route, which transported 3.2 million tons of cargo. The main share in transit traffic was oil and petroleum products - 2.8 million tons (11% more than a year earlier). An increase of 8% was recorded in transportation of metals and in 26% of wood products.

Imported cargoes also included oil and petroleum products, transportation of which grew by 89% against 2023, chemical industry products by 12% and coal by 52%.