TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION SECOND QUARTER OF 2009

FIRST RELEASE

CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
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ISSN 1334-0565

YEAR: XLVI. ZAGREB, 13 AUGUST, 2009 NUMBER: 5.1.1/2.

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

SECOND 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 second quarter of 2009 by 1.0%, as compared to the same period of 2008. The decrease was registered in the road transport, 7.8%, in the seawater and coastal transport, 1.8%, and in the air transport, 17.0%. The transport of goods decreased in the second quarter of 2009 by 1.4%.

Within supporting activities, in the second quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, there was an increase of 1.6% while the passenger traffic in at airports decreased by 6.8%.

As compared to the same period of 2008, in the second quarter of 2009, within supporting activities, there was a decrease of 26.2% in the traffic of goods in seaports and of 39.9% in the traffic of goods in inland waterway ports.

Within postal and courier services, in the second quarter of 2009, there was a decrease of 4.2% in the volume of letter services and an increase of 5.8% in the volume of parcels, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In the second quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, the number of immobile network minutes spent decreased by 7.0%, while the number of mobile network minutes spent increased by 6.2%.

On 30 June 2009, there were 1 548 919 registered passenger cars, including 30 256 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	31 783*	34 139	94,9	81,4	78,4	92,3
IV. – VI.	37 429	1 957	41 500	39 741	108,5	128,2	130,6	116,4

1) Provisional data

2. TOTAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS¹⁾

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.

Passengers carried	'000	37 788	72 320	37 429	71 924	108,5	99,0	99,5
Domestic transport	'000	36 275	69 721	36 239	69 872	107,7	99,9	100,2
Passenger- kilometres	Mln	2 254	3 923	1 957	3 484	128,2	86,8	88,8
Domestic transport	Mln	1 534	2 830	1 359	2 591	110,3	88,6	91,6

Goods carried	‘000 t	42 084	80 722	41 500	73 283	130,6	98,6	90,8
Domestic transport	'000 t	28 577	53 704	28 053	47 580	143,7	98,2	88,6
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	40 430	82 781	39 741	73 880	116,4	98,3	89,2
Domestic transport	Mln	2 130	3 924	1 788	3 216	99,7	83,9	82,0

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
		IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 200 8.

Passenger carried	'000	37 788	72 320	37 429	71 924	108,5	99,0	99,5
Railway transport	'000	17 751	35 637	18 827	36 702	105,3	106,1	103,0
Road transport	'000	16 198	30 909	14 936	29 818	100,4	92,2	96,5
Seawater and coastal transport	'000	3 162	4 747	3 104	4 514	220,1	98,2	95,1
Air transport	'000	677	1 027	562	890	171,3	83,0	86,7


Passenger-kilometres	Mln	2 254	3 923	1 957	3 484	128,2	86,8	88,8
Railway transport	Mln	456	891	460	894	106,0	100,9	100,3
Road transport	Mln	1 100	2 010	896	1 715	109,4	81,5	85,3
Seawater and coastal transport	Mln	120	183	119	175	212,5	99,2	95,6
Air transport	Mln	578	839	482	700	221,1	83,4	83,4


Goods carried	‘000 t	42 084	80 722	41 500	73 283¹⁾	130,6	98,6	90,8
Railway transport	‘000 t	3 851	7 253	2 902	5 435	114,6	75,4	74,9
Road transport	‘000 t	28 312	53 216	27 941	46 949	147,0	98,7	88,2
Seawater and coastal transport	‘000 t	7 804	15 833	8 241	15 843	108,4	105,6	100,1
Inland waterway transport	‘000 t	68	124	77	140	122,2	113,2	112,9
Air transport	‘000 t	2	3	1	2	100,0	50,0	66,7
Pipeline transport	‘000 t	2 047	4 293	2 338	4 914¹⁾	90,8	114,2	114,5


Tonne-kilometres	Mln	40 430	82 781	39 741	73 880	116,4	98,3	89,2
Railway transport	Mln	837	1 603	693	1 294	115,3	82,8	80,7
Road transport	Mln	2 928	5 589	2 732	4 765	134,4	93,3	85,3
Seawater and coastal transport	Mln	36 249	74 706	35 807	66 784	115,6	98,8	89,4
Inland waterway transport²⁾	Mln	41	68	59	100	143,9	143,9	147,1
Air transport	Mln	1	1	0	1	…	…	100,0
Pipeline transport	Mln	374	814	450	936	92,6	120,3	115,0

1) Revised data on 1^st quarter 2009 are included.

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

4. SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.		Indices
		IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.		I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.		IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.		I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 200 8.

		Traffic in seaports

Traffic of passengers¹⁾	‘000	7 075	9 776	7 185		9 620		295,1		101,6		98,4
Domestic traffic	‘000	6 252	8 899	6 354		8 767		263,3		101,6		98,5
International traffic	‘000	823	877	831		853		²⁾		101,0		97,3
Goods traffic	‘000 t	7 791	14 558	5 751		11 781		95,4		73,8		80,9
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	1 446	2 502	923		1 693		120,0		63,8		67,7
Export	‘000 t	1 318	2 654	1 605		3 152		103,8		121,8		118,8
Import	‘000 t	2 456	4 679	1 435		3 113		85,5		58,4		66,5
Transit	‘000 t	2 571	4 723	1 788		3 823		87,8		69,5		80,9

		Traffic in inland waterway ports

Goods traffic	'000 t	281	494	169		330	105,0			60,1		66,8
Domestic traffic	'000 t	81	160	74		146	102,8			91,4		91,3
Export	'000 t	88	117	39		59	195,0			44,3		50,4
Import	'000 t	76	144	49		102	92,5			64,5		70,8
Transit	‘000 t	36	73	7		23	43,8			19,4		31,5

		Traffic at airports

Traffic of passengers	'000	1 475	2 090	1 374		1 928	248,0			93,2		92,2

Freight traffic – total	t	2 546	4 587	2 611		5 057	106,7			102,6		110,2

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) Index exceeds 999.

5. POSTAL, COURIER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
		IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 200 8.

Postal letters	‘000	95 621	186 357	91 570	187 105¹⁾	95,8	95,8	100,4
Parcels	‘000	1 795	3 467	1 899	4 019¹⁾	89,6	105,8	115,9
Number of immobile network minutes spent	Mln	1 382	2 793	1 285	2 645	94,5	93,0	94,7
Number of mobile network minutes spent	Mln	1 444	2 783	1 534	2 939	109,2	106,2	105,6

1) Revised data on 1^st quarter 2009 are included.

6. REGISTERED ROAD VEHICLES, SITUATION AS ON 30 JUNE 2009

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

Mopeds	125 005	6 848	115 962	6 098	9 043	750
Motorcycles	66 169	3 270	61 340	2 780	4 829	490
Passenger cars	1 548 919	30 256	1 372 316	18 990	176 603	11 266
Buses	5 213	351	678	18	4 535	333
Freight vehicles	169 788	3 899	70 687	617	99 101	3 282
Agricultural tractors	110 463	2 901	105 487	2 555	4 976	346
Work engines	7 667	332	2 820	156	4 847	176
Trailer vehicles	36 377	1 133	20 228	657	16 149	476

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 and data are completely harmonised with the EU legislation.

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 relates 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.

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

* corrected data

… data not available

0 value not zero, but less than 0.5 of the unit

of measure used

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