In 2022, the cargo volume transported in the Azerbaijani part of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor (TRACECA) was 51 million 420.6 thousand tons, and the cargo turnover was 12 billion 648.9 million ton-km, the Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee reported.

Compared to 2021, an increase of 29.8 percent and 31.9 percent were observed in cargo transportation. 27 million 966.8 thousand tons of cargo, or 54.4 percent, were transported by road, 16 million 841.2 thousand tons, or 32.7 percent, were transported by rail, and 6 million 612.6 thousand tons, or 12.9 percent, were transported by sea. Transit cargo accounted for 26.5 percent or 13 million 634.6 thousand tons of cargo transported through the corridor.

TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) is a special project within the technical assistance framework provided to the European-Caucasus-Asia Transport Corridor-Commonwealth of Independent States (TASIS). It is implemented with the support of the European Union. The project was adopted at the conference in Brussels in May 1993 with the participation of 8 countries (5 Central Asian, Kazakhstan, and 3 Caucasian republics).

As previously reported by Caucasus Watch, on November 25, the "Road Map of the Trans-Caspian Corridor" was adopted after the meeting of the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey in Aktau, the Press Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported.

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