Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. In the first two months of 2021, 5.2 million tonnes of freight were carried by railway transport and increased by 436.6 thousand tonnes (9.2%) compared to the same period of previous year. The increase was mainly due to 399.0 thousand tonnes (23.8%) increase in domestic freight and 212.2 thousand tonnes (49.8%) increase in import freight. In February 2021, carried freight from railway transport reached 2.5 million tonnes, decreased by 118.5 thousand (4.5%) compared to the previous month.

In the first two months of 2021, 88.3% of carried freight by railway transport were the mining freight, 6.7% were the construction materials, 0.3% were food products, 1.0% were wood products and 1.9% were other products. In the first two months of 2021, no passengers were transported by rail due to the public emergency readiness regime as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

In the first two months of 2021, the revenue from railway transport reached MNT120.3 billion, increased by MNT5.3 billion or (4.6%) compared to the same period of the previous year. This increase was mainly due to increases in the transportation of mining products, namely, coal, flours and spar concentrates and construction materials. In February 2021, the revenue reached MNT56.9 billion, decreased by MNT6.5 billion (10.2%) compared to the previous month.

Air transport: In the first two months, 439.7 tonnes of freight carried by air transportation and decreased by 468.8 tonnes (51.6%) compared to the same period of the previous month. In the first two months, the total carried domestic freight by air transport reached 1.8 tonnes (0.4%), and decreased by 13.9 tonnes (88.7%) compared to the same period of the previous year. The international freight reached 438.0 tonnes (99.6%), and decreased by 454.9 tonnes (50.9%) compared to the same period of previous year.

In February 2021, carried freight of air transport reached 211.5 tonnes, decreased by 16.7 tonnes (7.3%) compared to the previous month.

In the first two months of 2021, 14.6 thousand passengers (double counting) carried by air transport. The number of carried passengers decreased by 167.9 thousand (92.0%) compared to the same period of the previous year.

In February 2021, the number of passengers reached 7.4 thousand, increased by 0.2 thousand (2.5%) compared to the previous month.

In the first two months of 2021, the total carried domestic passengers by air transport reached 11.1 thousand passengers (75.7%), decreased by 47.8 thousand passengers (81.2%) compared to the same period of previous year. This was mainly due to 98.6 % decrease in the number of passengers from Ulaanbaatar to Khovd, 95.0 % decrease in passengers to Ulgii and 94.9 % decrease in passengers to Uliastai.

In the first two months of 2021, the total carried international passengers reached 3.6 thousand (24.3%), decreased by 120.1 thousand passengers (97.1%) compared to the same period of previous year. In the first two months of 2021, the revenue from air transport (domestic airline) reached MNT 17.4 billion, decreased by MNT 28.3 billion or (61.9%) compared to the same period of previous year. In February 2021, the revenue reached MNT 8.3 billion, decreased by MNT 699.2 million (7.7%) compared to the previous month. 

                                                                                                                                                         Source: National Statistics Office