TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION FIRST QUARTER OF 2009

*FIRST RELEASE*		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565

YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 13 MAY, 2009		NUMBER: 5.1.1/1.

				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

FIRST QUARTER OF 2009¹⁾

This Release reports on data concerning the transport of passengers and goods on land, water and in the air, supporting activities in transport and postal, courier and telecommunication services.

The total number of passengers carried decreased in the first quarter of 2009 by 0.1%, as compared to the same period of 2008. The decrease was registered in the railway transport, 0.1%, in the seawater and coastal transport, 11.0%, and in the air transport, 6.3%. The transport of goods decreased in the first quarter of 2009 by 17.5%. The largest decrease was registered in the railway transport, 25.5%.

Within supporting activities, in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, there was a decrease of 9.9% in both the passenger traffic in seaports and in the passenger traffic at airports.

As compared to the same period of 2008, in the first quarter of 2009, within supporting activities, there was a decrease of 10.9% in the traffic of goods in seaports and of 24.4% in the traffic of goods in inland waterway ports.

Within postal and courier services, in the first quarter of 2009, there was an increase of 5.6% in the volume of letter services and of 8.4% in the volume of parcels, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In the first quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, the number of immobile network minutes spent decreased by 3.4%, while the number of mobile network minutes spent increased by 4.0%.

On 31 March 2009, there were 1 547 182 registered passenger cars, including 15 082 cars registered for the first time.

1. TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS, BY QUARTERS

	Total				Chain indices
	Passengers carried, ‘000	Passenger-km, mln	Goods carried, ‘000 t	Tonne-km, mln	Passengers carried	Passenger-km	Goods carried	Tonne-km

2008.
I. – III.	34 532	1 669	38 638	42 351	96,3	90,6	…	…
IV. – VI.	37 788	2 254	42 084	40 430	109,4	135,1	108,9	95,5
VII. – IX.	39 546	2 540	44 193	39 421	104,7	112,7	105,0	97,5
X. – XII.	36 349	1 876	40 554	36 984	91,9	73,9	91,8	93,8

2009.¹⁾
I. – III.	34 495	1 527	31 883	34 139	94,9	81,4	78,6	92,3

1) Provisional data

2. TOTAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS¹⁾

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
	Unit of measure	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.

Passengers carried	'000	34 532	36 349	148 215	34 495	94,9	99,9	104,9
Domestic transport	'000	33 446	35 147	142 497	33 633	95,7	100,6	105,0
Passenger- kilometres	Mln	1 669	1 876	8 339	1 527	81,4	91,5	104,7
Domestic transport	Mln	1 296	1 429	5 816	1 232	86,2	95,1	108,0

Goods carried	‘000 t	38 638	40 554	165 469	31 883	78,6	82,5	…
Domestic transport	'000 t	25 127	27 187	111 511	19 527	71,8	77,7	…
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	42 351	36 984	159 186	34 139	92,3	80,6	…
Domestic transport	Mln	1 794	1 875	7 890	1 794	95,7	100,0	…

1) The transport of passengers covers railway, road, seawater and coastal transport as well as air transport. The transport of goods covers railway and road transport, transport via pipelines, seawater and coastal transport, inland waterway transport and air transport.

3. TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS, BY TRANSPORT MODES

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
	Unit of measure	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.

Passenger carried	'000	34 532	36 349	148 215	34 495	94,9	99,9	104,9
Railway transport	'000	17 886	18 316	70 961	17 875	97,6	99,9	112,4
Road transport	'000	14 711	15 853	62 064	14 882	93,9	101,2	98,3
Seawater and coastal transport	'000	1 585	1 749	12 861	1 410	80,6	89,0	101,1
Air transport	'000	350	431	2 329	328	76,1	93,7	101,8


Passenger-kilometres	Mln	1 669	1 876	8 339	1 527	81,4	91,5	104,7
Railway transport	Mln	435	467	1 810	434	92,9	99,8	112,4
Road transport	Mln	910	1 027	4 093	819	79,7	90,0	107,5
Seawater and coastal transport	Mln	63	69	491	56	81,2	88,9	100,2
Air transport	Mln	261	313	1 945	218	69,6	83,5	94,6


Goods carried	‘000 t	38 638	40 554	165 469	31 883	78,6	82,5	…
Railway transport	‘000 t	3 402	3 706	14 851	2 533	68,3	74,5	94,2
Road transport	‘000 t	24 904	27 249	110 812	19 008	69,8	76,3	…¹⁾
Seawater and coastal transport	‘000 t	8 029	7 356	30 768	7 602	103,3	94,7	94,9
Inland waterway transport	‘000 t	56	75	268	63	84,0	112,5	69,6
Air transport	‘000 t	1	1	5	1	100,0	100,0	83,3
Pipeline transport	‘000 t	2 246	2 167	8 765	2 676	123,5	119,1	90,5


Tonne-kilometres	Mln	42 351	36 984	159 186	34 139	92,3	80,6	…
Railway transport	Mln	766	864	3 312	601	69,6	78,5	92,7
Road transport	Mln	2 661	2 551	11 042	2 033	79,7	76,4	…¹⁾
Seawater and coastal transport	Mln	38 457	33 071	142 972	30 977	93,7	80,5	104,0
Inland waterway transport²⁾	Mln	27	59	180	41	69,5	151,9	58,8
Air transport	Mln	0	1	3	1	100,0	…	100,0
Pipeline transport	Mln	440	438	1 677	486	111,0	110,5	94,2

1) Break in time series, see Notes on Methodology.

2) Refers to the distance between place of loading and place of unloading

4. SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
	Unit of measure	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.		I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.		I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.

		Traffic in seaports

Traffic of passengers¹⁾	‘000	2 702	3 691	28 282	2 435		66,0		90,1		107,6
Domestic traffic	‘000	2 647	3 258	25 542	2 413		74,1		91,2		106,8
International traffic	‘000	55	433	2 740	22		5,1		40,0		115,0
Goods traffic	‘000 t	6 766	7 090	29 223	6 029		85,0		89,1		97,1
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	1 055	800	4 603	769		96,1		72,9		92,9
Export	‘000 t	1 336	1 551	5 646	1 546		99,7		115,7		88,8
Import	‘000 t	2 223	2 140	9 329	1 678		78,4		75,5		96,4
Transit	‘000 t	2 152	2 599	9 645	2 036		78,3		94,6		105,8

		Traffic in inland waterway ports

Goods traffic	'000 t	213	192	1 017	161	83,9			75,6		62,2
Domestic traffic	'000 t	79	64	278	72	112,5			91,1		84,2
Export	'000 t	29	41	286	20	48,8			69,0		52,6
Import	'000 t	68	79	321	53	67,1			77,9		89,9
Transit	‘000 t	37	8	132	16	200,0			43,2		32,7

		Traffic at airports

Traffic of passengers	'000	615	833	5 179	554	66,5			90,1		…²⁾

Freight traffic – total	t	2 041	2 623	10 425	2 446	93,3			119,8		…²⁾

1) Data include passengers on cruise ships who disembarked for a visit and then re-embarking to continue their cruise. Data comprise both the disembarkation and re- embarkation of the passengers.

2) Break in time series, see Notes on Methodology.

5. POSTAL, COURIER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
	Unit of measure	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.

Postal letters	‘000	90 736	106 571	390 760	95 842	89,9	105,6	97,8
Parcels	‘000	1 672	2 210	7 628	1 813	82,0	108,4	118,1
Number of immobile network minutes spent	Mln	1 408	1 399	5 524	1 360	97,2	96,6	102,4
Number of mobile network minutes spent	Mln	1 351	1 426	5 704	1 405	98,5	104,0	114,4

6. REGISTERED ROAD VEHICLES, SITUATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2009

	Total		Natural persons		Legal entities
	All	First registration	All	First registration	All	First registration

Mopeds	120 547	1 557	111 548	1 174	8 999	383
Motorcycles	63 638	913	58 920	774	4 718	139
Passenger cars	1 547 182	15 082	1373 027	9 431	174 155	5 651
Buses	5 149	167	688	9	4 461	158
Freight vehicles	170 472	1 922	71 223	335	99 249	1 587
Agricultural tractors	7 558	146	2 742	49	4 816	97
Work engines	109 037	1 091	104 164	923	4 873	168
Trailer vehicles	36 259	502	20 091	254	16 168	248

Source: the Ministry of the Interior

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

Data on transport, supporting and auxiliary activities and postal, courier and telecommunication services are collected through weekly, monthly and quarterly statistical reports.

Coverage

Data were collected from business or legal entities that are, according to the NKD 2007. (NN, No. 58/07), either classified into section H Transportation and storage or involved in transport of passengers or goods and in supporting activities in transport. Data on registered road motor vehicles and trailer vehicles were obtained from the Ministry of the Interior. Data on postal and courier services are submitted by legal entities that are either registered or are engaged in the activity classified in division 53 (Postal and courier activities) according to the NKD 2007. Data on telecommunication services were taken over by the Croatian post and Electronic Communications Agency.

Data on road transport of goods for hire or reward and for own account refer to the operation of legal entities and natural persons engaged in the transport of goods. The random sample method is used to carry out the survey. Vehicles selected into the sample are monitored over one week. Statistical units are freight road vehicles (including road tractors) with a loading capacity of over 3 500 kg that are registered with the Ministry of the Interior. Since 1 January 2008, the survey has been revised, so data are completely harmonised with the EU legislation and are not comparable to previous years.

Data on traffic in sea ports include arrivals and departures of passengers and loaded and unloaded goods on ships under domestic and foreign flags and relate to the activities of all sea ports in the Republic of Croatia. This covers ships that are more than 12 m long and have a gross tonnage of more than 15 or those that have authority to carry more than 12 passengers.

Data on inland waterway transport include domestic and international transport of goods on vessels under domestic flags. Cross trade transport is not included.

Data on traffic in inland waterway ports include arrivals and departures of goods on both domestic and foreign vessels. The data are supplied by harbour master’s offices.

The total traffic of passengers at airports includes a number of passengers embarked and disembarked during commercial operations. Passengers in direct transit are excluded. The total traffic of freight relate to the freight loaded and unloaded during commercial operations. Freight in direct transit is excluded. A new methodology has been applied since 2008, so data are harmonised with the EU regulations and thus they cannot be compared with previous years.

Besides this First Release, other six first releases are published quarterly with more detailed data and notes on methodology: the Land Transport and Transport via Pipelines, the Cross-Border Traffic, the Water Transport and Supporting Activities, the Air Transport and Supporting Activities, the Transhipment of Goods and the Postal, Courier and Telecommunication Services.

Definitions

Transport of passengers comprises passengers carried in domestic and international transport.

Domestic transport includes conveying of passengers between the place of embarkation and the place of disembarkation within the borders of the country.

International transport includes conveying of passengers between the place of embarkation in the Republic of Croatia and the place of disembarkation abroad, or vice versa.

Transport of goods includes goods transported in domestic and international transport.

Domestic transport implies transport of goods between places of loading and unloading within the borders of the country.

International transport implies transport of goods between the place of loading in the Republic of Croatia and the place of unloading abroad, and vice versa, as well as between two places in another country.

Export includes transport of goods loaded in the Republic of Croatia and unloaded in another country, irrespective of the origin of goods.

Import includes transport of goods loaded out of Croatia and unloaded in the Republic of Croatia, irrespective of the origin of goods.

Transit includes the transport of goods that are loaded or unloaded in a foreign country and passes over the Croatian territory during the transport.

Passenger-kilometre is a unit of measure representing transport of one person over a distance of one kilometre.

Tonne-kilometre is a unit of measure representing transport of one tonne over a distance of one kilometre.

Abbreviations

EU European Union

kg kilogram

km kilometre

m metre

mln million

NKD 2007.    National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
NN                 Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of
                      Croatia

t tonne

'000 thousand

Symbols

… data not available

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