OREANDA-NEWS. October 23, 2014. As it was informed in the National Bureau of statistics, in September 2014, the enterprises of railway, road, river and air transport, Moldova transported 1 million 771,5 thousand tons of cargo, or 36.2% more than the previous month and by 17.7% compared with September 2013.

In general, in January-September 2014 rail transport carried more than 3 million 3720,3 thousand tons of cargoes, or 3.3% less than at the same period of 2013. The largest share in the total volume of goods loaded at the railway stations for 9 months of 2014, accounted for grain and flour products - 44,4% (in January-September 2013 - 41,3%), ferrous metals and scrap metal to 13.9% (15,8%), construction materials and cement - 9.7% (12.5%).

The volume of road freight in January-September 2014 increased by 13%- up to 6 million 052,5 thousand tons. The most significant volumes of transport in this period accounted for the companies of Chisinau municipality (52,4%) and Balti (7,3%), followed by: Ialoveni region (5.5%), Singerei (5,2%), Floresti (4,6%), Nisporeni (4,1%), Straseni (3,5%), Anenii-Noi (2,9%), Orhei and Riscani (1.8%), Rezina (1,6%) and Taraclia region (1.5%).

Transportation by river transport in January-September 2014 increased by 43.2% compared with the same period of 2013 and amounted to 172,1 thousand tons, and air transportation decreased by 43.5% to 0,5 thousand tons.