Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Rail transport: In the first seven months of 2021, 18.4 million tonnes of freight were carried by railway transport and increased by 1.5 million tonnes (9.1%) compared to the same period of previous year.

In July 2021, carried freight from railway transport reached 2.5 million tonnes, decreased by 73.1 thousand tonnes (2.9%) compared to the previous month.

In the first seven months of 2021, 81.9% of carried freight by railway transport was mining freight, 12.4% was construction materials, 1.1% was food products, 0.8% was agricultural products, 1.1% was black iron, 0.4% was wood products and 2.5% was other products.

In the first seven 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 seven months of 2021, the revenue from railway transport reached MNT 459.8 billion, increased by MNT 22.9 billion or (5.2%) compared to the same period of previous year. This increase was mainly due to increases in the transportation of mining products, namely, coal, flours and spar concentrates, construction material and food consumer products.

In July 2021, the revenue reached MNT 66.9 billion, decreased by MNT 498.9 million (0.7%) compared to the previous month.

Air transport: In the first seven months of 2021, 2.3 thousand tonnes of freight carried by air transportation and increased by 710.5 tonnes (44.4%) compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the first seven months of 2021, the total carried domestic freight by air transport reached 8.8 tonnes (0.4%) and decreased by 38.2 tonnes (81.3%) compared to the same period of the previous year. The international freight reached 2.3 thousand tonnes (99.6%) and increased by 748.7 tonnes (48.2%) compared to the same period of the previous year.

In July 2021, carried freight of air transport reached 370.8 tonnes, increased by 18.7 tonnes (5.3%) compared to the previous month.

In the first seven months of 2021, 70.2 thousand passengers (in repeated counting) carried by air transport. The number of carried passengers decreased by 259.3 thousand (78.7%) compared to the same period of the previous year. In July 2021, the number of passengers reached 12.0 thousand, decreased by 3.7 thousand (23.6%) compared to the previous month.

In the first seven months of 2021, the total carried domestic passengers by air transport reached 41.9 thousand passengers (59.7%), decreased by 145.5 thousand passengers (77.6%) compared to the same period of the previous year. This was mainly due to 97.3 % decrease in the number of passengers from Ulaanbaatar to Murun, 90.9 % decrease in passengers to Ulaangom and 89.0 % decrease in passengers to Uliastai.

In the first seven months of 2021, the total carried international passengers reached 28.3 thousand (40.3%), decreased by 113.8 thousand passengers (80.1%) compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the first seven months of 2021, the revenue from air transport (domestic airline) reached MNT 89.7 billion, decreased by MNT 8.1 billion or (8.3%) compared to the same period of previous year. In July 2021, the revenue reached MNT 17.4 billion, decreased by MNT 1.1 billion (5.9%) compared to the previous month.

Source: National Statistics Office of Mongolia