Azerbaijan’s transport sector carried 205.1 million tonnes of freight in January-October 2026, an increase of 3.4% year on year, according to the State Statistical Committee.
Road transport accounted for 63.5%, pipelines for 25% and rail for 7.6%. Transport and storage services grew 10.2% in real terms, with a current-price value of AZN 14.29 billion.
Freight weight and service output measure different things
Tonnage measures the weight carried, not its value, journey length or service complexity. The 3.4% increase in physical shipments therefore cannot be replaced by the higher services growth rate.
A national total is also insufficient to assess capacity use on individual corridors. That requires route, mode and direction-specific data. Road transport’s large tonnage share does not establish an equivalent share of international trade value.