Revenue from rail transport increased by 9.5 percent

Economy
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2020-10-13 14:18:15

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first 9 months of 2020, 22.1 million tonnes of freight were carried by railway transport, increased by 1.7 million tonnes (8.1%) compared to the same period of the previous year. This increase was mainly due to 1.4 million tonnes (18.8%) increase in export freight, 258.4 thousand tonnes (8.8%) increase in transit freight, respectively.


In September 2020, carried freight reached 2.7 million tonnes and increased by 52.1 thousand tonnes (2.0%) compared to the previous month. In the first 9 months of 2020, 82.6% of carried freight by railway transport was mining product, 10.6% was construction materials, 1.8% was black iron, 0.8% were agricultural products, 0.9% was consumer food products, 0.5% was wood products and 2.8% was other products. In the first 9 months of 2020, 1.6 million passengers (double counting) carried by railway transport.


The number of carried passengers decreased by 522.5 thousand (24.1%) compared to the same period of the previous year. This decrease was mainly due to 438.2 thousand passengers (21.2%) decrease in domestic passengers. In September 2020, the number of passengers reached 225.7 thousand tonnes and decreased by 55.9 thousand (19.8%) compared to the previous month.


In the first 9 months of 2020, revenue from railway transport reached MNT 575.3 billion, increased by MNT 50.1 billion or 9.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. This increase was mainly due to increase in the transit and mining products, especially from iron ore, zinc concentrate. In September 2020, the revenue reached MNT 67.7 billion and decreased by MNT 3.2 billion (3.5%) compared to the previous month.


National Statistics Office