Ulaanbaatar
Transportation revenue decreases by 25 percent
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. In the first quarter of 2020, 10.2
million tons of freight were carried in total by all types of transport means which
decreased by 5.1 million tons (33.4%) compared with the same period of previous
year. The decrease was mainly due to 5.6 million tons (64.2%) of decrease in
road freight.
In the first quarter of 2020, 29.1 million passengers (double
counting) were carried which means the carried passengers decreased by 13.4 million
(31.4%) compared with the same period of the previous year. It was also due to the
decrease of 13.2 million (31.6%) passengers in road transport.
In reference period, revenue from all types of transport reached MNT 311.9 billion. The figure represents a fall of MNT 104.3 billion (25.1%) compared with the same period of the previous year. The revenue from road and air transport decreased by MNT 75 billion (46.6%) and MNT 40.8 billion (44.0%) respectively. Whereas the revenue from railway increased by MNT 11.4 billion (7.0%) compared with the same period of previous year.
