Baku. Nijat Mustafayev – APA-Economics. In Q1, 2013, 3.2 mln tonnes of cargo were transported via sea transport, down 3.6% from 2012.
State Statistical Committee says 62.2% of cargo was oil, 37.8% - dry cargo and all transportation were carried out on foreign connections: “In the reporting period, 3.4 mln tones of shipping and unshipping works were carried out, up 4.1% compared with a year earlier. International transit cargo rose 5.8%.”
As of April 1, 2013, 12.400 tonnes of cargo were remained at the ports to be sent, down 56.2% from year earlier.