OREANDA-NEWS. December 31, 2008. Cargo transit through Azerbaijan for Jan-Nov 2008 totaled 5.96 million tons versus 5.99 million tons in 2007.

The State Customs Committee has informed that a major part of Jan-Nov 2008 transit goods was dispatched to Italy (2.287 million tons), Switzerland (1.6 million tons), Georgia (804,500 tons), Tajikistan (295,000 tons), Turkmenistan (211,600 tons), Iran (195,800 tons), Russia (177,100 tons),

Turkey (160,800 tons), and Kazakhstan (41,600 tons). This year’s transit against Jan-Nov 2007 made 112.36% with growth of 655,800 tons.

In the course of export and import operations for Jan-Nov 2008 it was transported 90.439 million tons (+4.9108 fold) of cargo, including 81.429 million tons of export and 9.01 million tons of import.

It was exported 702,500 tons by sea, 14.969 million tons by rail, 584,200 tons by road, 3,000 tons by air, and 65,163 million tons via pipelines.

Import made 7.136 million tons by rail, 1.4 million tons by road, 347,600 tons by sea, and 27,000 tons by air.

During temporary regime it was exported goods for USD 309.59 million and imported for USD 430.07 million.