Transit of goods through Kazakhstan made 15.2 mln tons in 2009
ASTANA. January 13. KAZINFORM. /Serik Sabekov/ The volume of transit of goods through Kazakhstan made 15.2 million tons in 2009. Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications Abelgazy Kussainov has made it public at the Ministry's board meeting in Astana today.
He noted that amid the crisis phenomena the country's economy was expected to lose 15 per cent of freightage and freight turnover. However, the total volume of freightage decreased only by 2.8 per cent as compared to 2008 and freight turnover - by 6 per cent.
"The number of passengers increased by 4.2 per cent. The volume of transit of goods on the territory of Kazakhstan made 15.2 million tons. Income from the transit amounted to KZT 96.6 billion that is by 15 per cent more than in 2008", the Minister noted.