Revenue from railway transport increased in Mongolia

National Statistical Office of Mongolia has launched its for the first seven months of 2011. In the first 7 months of 2011, the total industrial output increased by 69.3 billion MNT or 6.8 percent to 1083.9 billion MNT (at 2005 constant prices) compared to the same period of the previous year.

The increase in the industrial output was mainly due to 0.1-78.2 percent increases in mining and quarrying products such as copper with concentrate, crude oil, coal and iron ore; and 0.3 percent to 8.6 times increases in industrial main products of manufacturing sector such as bread, steel casting, combed down, milk, sausages, juice, decoration and medal, knitted goods, alcohol, soft drinks, sawn wood, cement, carpet, beer, cigarettes, concrete mortar, and electrical conductor wire. In the first 7 months of 2011, 10,177.2 thousand ton freight and 2,177.8 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by railway transport. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of carried freight rose by 1,240.1 thousand ton or 13.9 percent and the number of carried passengers rose by 183.2 thousand passengers or 9.2 percent. Due to the increases in carried freight and passengers, revenue from railway transport increased by 53.9 billion MNT or 33.7 percent to 214.2 billion MNT in the first 7 months of 2011, compared to the same period of the previous year. In the first 7 months of 2011, 2,100 disasters and accidents occurred. As a result, 146 people died, 165.3 thousand livestock and animals had lost. In the first 7 months of this year, 1,789 object fires, 17 accidents related to artisanal mining and rock falls, 40 cases of animal madness disease, 55 river and lake accidents occurred. Estimated damage caused by the disasters and accidents amounted to 2.9 billion MNT.

Source : Infomongolia.com

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