TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION FOURTH QUARTER OF 2009

FIRST RELEASE

CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
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ISSN 1334-0565

YEAR: XLVI. ZAGREB, 12 FEBRUARY, 2010 NUMBER: 5.1.1/4.

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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

FOURTH 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 fourth quarter of 2009 by 1.4%, as compared to the same period of 2008. In the period from January to December 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, the transport of passengers decreased by 1.5%. The decrease was registered in the road transport, 6.2%, in the seawater and coastal transport, 1.8%, and in the air transport, 7.0%. The transport of goods decreased in the fourth quarter of 2009 by 15.3%.

Within supporting activities, in the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, there was an decrease of 3.0%, and in passenger traffic at airports by 9.1%.

As compared to the same period of 2008, in the fourth quarter of 2009, within supporting activities, there was a decrease of 14.5% in the traffic of goods in seaports and of 34.4% in the traffic of goods in inland waterway ports.

In the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, the number of immobile network minutes spent decreased by 4.2%, while the number of mobile network minutes spent increased by 6.4%.

On 31 December 2009, there were 1 532 549 registered passenger cars, including 53 252 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
VII. – IX.	38 274	2 197	37 856	38 730	102,3	112,3	91,2	97,5
X. – XII.	35 851	1 672	34 334	38 853	93,7	76,1	90,7	100,3

1) Provisional data

2. TOTAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS¹⁾

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII. 2009. VII. – IX. 2009.	X. – XII. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.

Passengers carried	'000	36 349	148 215	35 851	146 049	93,7	98,6	98,5
Domestic transport	'000	35 147	142 497	34 805	141 303	95,0	99,0	99,2
Passenger- kilometres	Mln	1 876	8 339	1 672	7 353	76,1	89,1	88,2
Domestic transport	Mln	1 429	5 816	1 291	5 273	92,8	90,3	90,7

Goods carried	‘000 t	40 554	165 469	34 334	145 473	90,7	84,7	87,9
Domestic transport	'000 t	27 187	111 511	21 069	93 880	83,5	77,5	84,2
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	36 984	159 186	38 853	151 463	100,3	105,1	95,1
Domestic transport	Mln	1 875	7 890	1 541	6 479	89,5	82,2	82,1

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	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII. 2009. VII. – IX. 2009.	X. – XII. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.

Passenger carried	'000	36 349	148 215	35 851	146 049	93,7	98,6	98,5
Railway transport	'000	18 316	70 961	18 863	72 953	108,5	103,0	102,8
Road transport	'000	15 853	62 064	14 869	58 493	107,7	93,8	94,2
Seawater and coastal transport	'000	1 749	12 861	1 718	12 550	27,2	98,2	97,6
Air transport	'000	431	2 329	401	2 053	52,6	93,0	88,1


Passenger-kilometres	Mln	1 876	8 339	1 672	7 353	76,1	89,1	88,2
Railway transport	Mln	467	1 810	472	1 793	110,5	101,1	99,1
Road transport	Mln	1 027	4 093	853	3 438	98,0	83,1	84,0
Seawater and coastal transport	Mln	69	491	68	486	28,0	98,6	99,0
Air transport	Mln	313	1 945	279	1 636	42,5	89,1	84,1


Goods carried	‘000 t	40 554	165 469	34 334	145 473	90,7	84,7	87,9
Railway transport	‘000 t	3 706	14 851	3 284	11 793	106,8	88,6	79,4
Road transport	‘000 t	27 249	110 812	21 072	92 847	84,9	77,3	83,8
Seawater and coastal transport	‘000 t	7 356	30 768	7 764	31 371	100,0	105,5	102,0
Inland waterway transport	‘000 t	75	268	44	257	60,3	58,7	95,9
Air transport	‘000 t	1	5	1	4	100,0	100,0	80,0
Pipeline transport	‘000 t	2 167	8 765	2 169	9 201	102,4	100,1	105,0


Tonne-kilometres	Mln	36 984	159 186	38 853	151 463	100,3	105,1	95,1
Railway transport	Mln	864	3 312	763	2 698	119,0	88,3	81,5
Road transport	Mln	2 551	11 042	2 231	9 429	91,7	87,5	85,4
Seawater and coastal transport	Mln	33 071	142 972	35 358	137 345	100,4	106,9	96,1
Inland waterway transport¹⁾	Mln	59	180	26	191	40,0	44,1	106,1
Air transport	Mln	1	3	1	3	100,0	100,0	100,0
Pipeline transport	Mln	438	1 677	474	1 797	122,5	108,2	107,2

1) Refers to the distance between a place of loading and a place of unloading

4. SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII. 2009. VII. – IX. 2009.	X. – XII. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.

		Traffic in seaports

Traffic of passengers¹⁾	‘000	3 691	28 282	3 580	28 258	23,8	97,0	99,9
Domestic traffic	‘000	3 258	25 542	3 141	25 510	23,1	96,4	99,9
International traffic	‘000	433	2 740	439	2 748	30,2	101,4	100,3
Goods traffic	‘000 t	7 090	29 223	6 059	23 378	109,4	85,5	80,0
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	800	4 603	717	3 460	68,3	89,6	75,2
Export	‘000 t	1 551	5 646	1 744	6 457	111,7	112,4	114,4
Import	‘000 t	2 140	9 329	1 609	6 350	98,8	75,2	68,1
Transit	‘000 t	2 599	9 645	1 989	7 111	153,2	76,5	73,7

		Traffic in inland waterway ports

Goods traffic	'000 t	192	1 017	126	661	61,5	65,6	65,0
Domestic traffic	'000 t	64	278	58	255	113,7	90,6	91,7
Export	'000 t	41	286	35	147	66,0	85,4	51,4
Import	'000 t	79	321	27	181	51,9	34,2	56,4
Transit	‘000 t	8	132	6	78	12,2	75,0	59,1

		Traffic at airports

Traffic of passengers	'000	833	5 179	757	4 839	35,1	90,9	93,4

Freight traffic – total	t	2 623	10 425	2 479	10 086	97,2	94,5	96,7

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

5. POSTAL, COURIER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	X. – XII. 2009. VII. – IX. 2009.	X. – XII. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.

Postal letters	‘000	106 571	390 760	103 127	373 749	123,5	…¹⁾	…¹⁾
Parcels	‘000	2 210	7 628	1 897	7 684	107,3	85,8	100,7
Number of immobile network minutes spent	Mln	1 408	5 556	1 349	5 180	113,7	95,8	93,2
Number of mobile network minutes spent	Mln	1 415	5 657	1 505	5 997	96,9	106,4	106,0

1) Since 1 January 2009, the methodology of the calculation of posted and received postal letters in international traffic has been revised and data are not comparable to previous years.

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

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

Mopeds	120 792	10 570	112 155	9 555	8 637	1 015
Motorcycles	63 691	4 717	59 077	4 057	4 614	660
Passenger cars	1 532 549	53 252	1 360 382	34 424	172 167	18 828
Buses	5 071	484	649	24	4 422	460
Freight vehicles	164 761	6 780	68 207	1 136	96 554	5 644
Agricultural tractors	108 825	4 373	103 795	3 838	5 030	535
Work engines	7 605	567	2 814	261	4 791	306
Trailer vehicles	35 257	2 033	19 616	1 138	15 641	895

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

… data not available

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