Freight delivered by road accounted for close to 71% of the total, rail cargo for 16pc and pipeline volume for 11%. Waterway freight made up a little more than 2%.

Freight volume declined in the double digits for all modes of transport but road transport which increased 20%.

Domestic freight volume increased 21% to 53.5 million tonnes. Foreign freight volume dropped 14.1% to 22.3 million tonnes.