Ministry of Transport: The main indicators of transportation gradually recovered after a short fluctuation in April

China News Service, July 28 (China New Finance Ge Cheng) At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Transport held on July 28, Shu Chi, spokesman and deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the Ministry of Transport, said that in the first half of the year The main indicators of transportation gradually recovered after a short fluctuation in April, and the freight volume basically returned to the same period last year. The volume of foreign trade containers in ports remained increased, and transportation investment and courier business volume generally returned to the normal development track.

First, the volume of freight is gradually recovered. In the first half of the year, the operating freight volume was 24.27 billion tons, a decrease of 2.2%year -on -year. Among them, the decline in June further narrowed and basically returned to the same period last year. In terms of division, the volume of roads continued to recover, with 17.7 billion tons, a year -on -year decrease of 4.6%; the waterway completed 4.1 billion tons, an increase of 4.5%year -on -year.

Second, the passenger volume is low. Affected by the impact of a new round of epidemic, in the first half of the year, the number of operating passenger transport was 2.76 billion, a year -on -year decrease of 37.2%. The number of passengers in 36 central cities across the country was 20.67 billion people, a year -on -year decrease of 22.1%. The travel volume of highway passenger cars reached 8.47 billion, a year -on -year decrease of 23.2%.

Third, the volume of the port container throughput has remained increased. In the first half of the year, the container throughput completed 140 million bunches, an increase of 3%year -on -year; of which foreign trade container throughput exceeded 85 million standard boxes, an increase of 6.1%year -on -year. The total amount of cargo throughout the port was 7.58 billion tons, a year -on -year decrease of 0.8%. Among them, the domestic trade throughput increased by 0.5%, and the amount of foreign trade throughput decreased by 3.7%. It was mainly affected by the reduction of large materials such as coal, crude oil, and iron ore.

Fourth, investment continues to operate high. In the first half of the year, the investment in fixed assets of transportation exceeded 1.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7%year -on -year. Among them, the investment in the road was 1270.4 billion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 9.7%; the investment in the waterway was 73.9 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7%year -on -year.

The Ministry of Transport stated that the next step, it will seize the various tasks of the economy to stabilize the economy, and strive to complete various goals and tasks this year. (Finish)

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