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Revenue from railway transport decreased by 25.3 percent
Economy
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/.
In the first 2 months of 2022, 3943.2 thousand tons of freight were carried by
railway transport, showing a decrease of 1217.8 (23.6 percent) thousand tons
compared to the same period of previous year. This decrease was mainly due to
894.3 (50.2 percent) thousand tons decrease in export freight and 150.8 (7.1
percent) thousand tons decrease in domestic freight.
In February 2022, 1964.1 thousand tons of freight were carried by railway transport and decreased by 15.1 (0.8 percent) thousand tons compared to the previous month. This decrease was mainly due to 222.8 (19.1 percent) thousand tons in decrease coal and 24.8 (79.1 percent) thousand tons decrease in oil and petroleum products. In addition, 111.6 thousand passengers (in repeated counting) carried by railway transport and increased by 0.8 (0.8 percent) thousand tons compared to the previous month.
In the first 2 months of 2022, the revenue from railway
transport reached MNT 91.1 billion, decreased by MNT 30.7 (25.2 percent)
billion compared to the same period of previous year. This decrease was mainly
due to decreases in the transportation of flours and spar concentrates and molybdenum
concentrates and Iron ore.
In February 2022, the revenue from rail transport reached
MNT 47.2 billion, increased by MNT 3.4 (7.6 percent) billion compared to the
previous month.
Source: National Statistics Office
