Azerbaijan transport and warehousing sector expands 10% in 9M 2026

During January–September 2026, Azerbaijan’s transport and warehousing sector delivered services valued at 12,816.6 million manats ($7.54 billion), reflecting a real-term year-on-year increase of 10%, according to the State Statistics Committee.

Cargo transportation accounted for 7,652.2 million manats (59.7%) of total turnover, passenger transit generated 3,495.5 million manats (27.3%), and warehousing and postal services yielded 1,668.9 million manats (13%). Freight haulage expanded by 3% to reach 183.1 million tons, with motor transport handling 63.5%, pipelines 25.1%, railways 7.6%, maritime routes 3.6%, and aviation 0.2%. Concurrently, passenger traffic advanced 9.7% to 1,771.3 million riders, driven overwhelmingly by motor transport (90.5%) and the metro network (8.8%).