OREANDA-NEWS. September 23, 2010.In the first 8 months of 2010, transport enterprises of Belarus increased cargo transportation by 11.9% year-on-year to 197.6 mln tons, the National Statistics Committee (Belstat) reported.

Railway transport carried 89.2 mln tons, 2.8% more than in January-August 2009. Road hauliers transported 104.28 mln tons, a 21% growth compared with the similar period of the previous year.

There was a 23.2% decline in air transportation volume to 11,800 tons. River transport carried 4.04 mln tons (+12.3%).

Tariffs on transportation by all transport modes grew by 43.1%. Of that, railway tariffs grew by 18.7%, tariffs on road transportation increased by 10.2%, river and air transport tariffs grew by 5.5% and 1.9% respectively.