$2.2bn invested in Azerbaijan’s transport sector this year
Total volume of investments in Azerbaijan's transport sector amounted to 1.7 billion manat ($2.2 billion) in nine months of this year, Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov has said.
Mammadov made this statement on Wednesday at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers to discuss the results of the country`s socio-economic development in nine months, and outline further priorities, which was chaired by President Ilham Aliyev.
According to Mammadov, 114 million tons of cargo and 1.2 billion passengers were transported by Azerbaijan's transport sector in January-September. 16.7 million tons of the total volume of transported cargo accounted for rail, 9.3 million tons - water, while 87.9 million tons - road transport.
In January-September, the country's ports handled 9.1 million tons of various cargo, Mammadov added.
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