Baku. Aynur Aliyeva - APA-Economics. The entities in transport sector of Azerbaijan have transported 144.5 mln tonnes cargo in January-August, 2013, up 2.6% from previous year.
State Statistical Committee says non-oil cargos rose 6.6% to 101.9 mln tonnes. 57.7% of cargos were transported by vehicles, 26.6% - by pipelines, 10.3% - by railway, 5.4% - by sea transport.
Cargo transportation in non-state sector increased by 4.3%.
The transport workers rendered services to 1.113.7 mln persons, up 7.8% by contrast to a year earlier. 87.7% of passengers used vehicles, 12% - metro.