Road passengers in North Macedonia up by 12.4 pct in Q4 2018

SKOPJE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The number of road passengers in North Macedonia in The fourth quarter of 2018 increased by 12.4 percent Year on Year, The State Statistical Office (SSO) reported on Wednesday.

The SSO data suggested that in The same period, The number of passengers by rail decreased by 3.5 percent compared with The fourth quarter of 2017, while those by air marked an increase of 8.7 percent Year on Year.

The quantity of goods transported by road and air in The country increased respectively by 21.7 and 8 percent Year on Year in The fourth quarter of 2018.

"The quantity of goods carried in rail transport in this period decreased by 25.9 percent," said The report.