{"id":5439,"date":"2026-08-10T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avnbmu.com.ua\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:08:39","slug":"volumes-of-freight-transported-by-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/news\/volumes-of-freight-transported-by-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Volumes of Freight Transported by Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (million tonnes):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Volume<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>191.4000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>224.0000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>119.9560<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>138.8595<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>131.1386<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>124.9478<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6 months of 2025<\/td><td>59.4491<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6 months of 2026<\/td><td>73.6997<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously reported (see the information published in the \u201cNews\u201d section on 5 August 2026), the Ministry for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine, by Order No. 1449 dated 23 July 2026, increased freight rail transportation tariffs by 30%, effective 31 July this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever the media report plans to increase freight rail transportation tariffs, a discussion almost invariably begins in Ukrainian society about the appropriateness of such a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opponents of the decision argue that an increase in freight rail transportation tariffs will result in freight volumes shifting from rail to road transport, which, in turn, will have a negative impact on the condition of the road network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, Ukraine&#8217;s economy risks losing both the freight base of JSC \u201cUkrainian Railways\u201d and its own road network at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, this situation is becoming even more concerning, as the state does not have sufficient funds to fully repair even national roads. The State Road Fund, which began operating on 1 January 2018, ceased to perform its functions in 2024, when all of its funds were transferred to the general fund of the State Budget of Ukraine to strengthen the army and enhance national defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What will happen next with freight transportation by both rail and road, and whether the state will be able to allocate sufficient funds for the capital repair of roads, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo source: https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (million tonnes): Year Volume 2020 191.4000 2021 224.0000 2022 119.9560 2023 138.8595 2024 131.1386 2025 124.9478 6 months of 2025 59.4491 6 months of 2026 73.6997 As previously reported (see the information published in the \u201cNews\u201d section on 5 August 2026), the Ministry for Restoration, Infrastructure and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avnbmu.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}