Rail Cargo Transport Volume Increases by 20.6% First Half 07 YoY

CARGO TRANSPORTATION VOLUME BY ARMENIAN RAILWAY INCREASES BY 20.6% IN
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF CURRENT YEAR AS COMPARED WITH SAME PERIOD OF 2006

YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The cargo transportation volume by the
Armenian railway made 1m 308 thousand 400 tons in the first six months
of the current year, which exceeds the index of the same period of the
previous year by 20.6%. According to the Public Relations Department of
the RA Ministry of Transport and Communication, cargo delivery outside
the country made 346 thousand 900 tons, which has increased by 46.5% as
compared with the first six months of 2006. Import volumes have
increased by nearly 30%. Inter-republican cargo transportation has
decreased a little. This year it has made 307 thousand tons against 343
thousand tons of the previous year.