Almost 7.29 million tons of goods were exported by cars, or 44% of all exports in monetary terms.
During the war, the structure of transportation changed significantly, because usually the biggest load falls on sea and rail. However, in the last eight months, the biggest transport pillar of the economy has become road carriers. Of course, this is a direct consequence of the blockade of ports and the suspension of air traffic. But in August, road transport took third place in terms of the volume of transported goods. In total, almost 7.29 million tons of cargo were exported.
Most of it was exported by rail transport – more than 3 million tons. In second place is sea transport, 2.9 million tons. In third place is road transport, 1.4 million tons. The rest of the goods were exported by air, pipelines and power lines.
On the other hand, in monetary terms, road transport significantly outpaced all other types of transport.
In August, Ukraine exported goods with a total value of 3.36 billion dollars. By the way, this is almost half a billion more than in July. Most of the cargo for a total amount of more than 1.12 billion dollars was delivered by our carriers to EU countries.
Almost 44%, or 1.5 billion dollars, of the total value of the entire volume of exports was made up of goods exported by road transport. Over $788 million and almost $996 million worth of goods were exported by rail and sea transport, respectively.
In terms of imports, the situation is even more impressive – motor vehicles have become the leader in both monetary and commodity terms. Out of almost 2 million tons of goods imported to Ukraine, more than 1.1 million tons (56%) were delivered by motor vehicles. By sea transport and railway – 282 thousand tons (8%) and 487 thousand tons (12%), respectively.
In monetary terms, the import data is even more impressive. The total value of goods imported by motor vehicles is 3.23 billion dollars or 74% (!) of the total volume of imports. Accordingly, nearly 332,000 dollars (8%) and 517,000 dollars (12%) were imported by rail and sea.
In the near term, road transport will still be key to our economy.