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, 7 AUGUST, 2009		NUMBER: 5.1.3/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC

JANUARY − JUNE 2009¹⁾

This release includes data on cross-border traffic of road motor vehicles, passengers and goods at road border crossings as well as data on cross-border traffic of passengers at railway, maritime, river and air border crossings.

In the period from January to June 2009, within the cross-border traffic of passengers at road border crossings, arrivals decreased by 16.4% and departures by 15.4%, as compared to the same period last year. As compared to the same period last year, within the cross-border traffic of passengers at railway border crossings, arrivals increased in the reference period by 14.4% and departures by 12.6%. The river border crossings recorded an increase of 16.7% of both arrivals and departures of passengers, as compared to the same period last year. The maritime border crossings, as compared to the same period last year, showed that the traffic of passengers decreased by 1.2% in arrivals and increased by 0.5% in departures. The cross-border traffic at air border crossings showed a decrease of 6.8% in arrivals in the Republic of Croatia and of 8.5% in departures from it, as compared to the same period last year.

In the same period, the number of passenger vehicles arriving in the Republic of Croatia at border crossings decreased by 0.7% and those departing from it by 1.1%, as compared to the same period last year.

In the same period, there was a decrease of 24.8% in goods transport in the road cross-border traffic in arrivals in the Republic of Croatia and of 19.7% in departures.

The number of freight vehicles arriving in the Republic of Croatia decreased by 22.1% and the number of those departing from it at border crossings by 21.7%, as compared to the same period last year.

1)   Provisional data

1.   CROSS–BORDER TRAFFIC OF PASSENGERS ON ROAD, RAILWAY, MARITIME, RIVER AND AIR BORDER CROSSINGS,
      JANUARY – JUNE 2009

	Entry			Exit
	Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.	Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.
	I. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009.		I. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009.
Cross-border traffic – total	32 229	27 169	84,3	31 400	26 767	85,2
Domestic passengers	11 608	9 913	85,4	11 670	10 362	88,8
Foreign passengers	20 621	17 256	83,7	19 730	16 405	83,1
Road cross-border traffic	30 659	25 618	83,6	29 920	25 315	84,6
Domestic passengers	11 280	9 580	84,9	11 346	10 041	88,5
Foreign passengers	19 379	16 038	82,8	18 574	15 274	82,2
Railway cross-border traffic	292	334	114,4	277	312	112,6
Domestic passengers	120	138	115,0	115	128	111,3
Foreign passengers	172	196	114,0	162	184	113,6
River cross-border traffic	6	7	116,7	6	7	116,7
Domestic passengers	0	0	…	0	0	…
Foreign passengers	6	7	116,7	6	7	116,7
Maritime cross-border traffic	432	427	98,8	418	420	100,5
Domestic passengers	14	12	85,7	15	14	93,3
Foreign passengers	418	415	99,3	403	406	100,7
Air cross-border traffic	840	783	93,2	779	713	91,5
Domestic passengers	194	183	94,3	194	179	92,3
Foreign passengers	646	600	92,9	585	534	91,3

2.   CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF PASSENGER ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF VEHICLE, JANUARY – JUNE 2009

	Entry				Exit
	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. – VI. 2009.  I. – VI. 2008.	Structure, %	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.	Structure, %
	I. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009.		I. – VI. 2009.	I. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI.  2009.		I. – VI. 2009.
Passenger road motor vehicles in cross-border traffic	9 563	9 492	99,3	100,0	9 386	9 280	98,9	100,0
Domestic plates	3 612	3 641	100,8	38,4	3 668	3 704	101,0	39,9
Foreign plates	5 951	5 851	98,3	61,6	5 718	5 576	97,5	60,1
Passenger cars	9 432	9 368	99,3	100,0	9 253	9 157	99,0	100,0
Domestic plates	3 570	3 602	100,9	38,5	3 625	3 664	101,1	40,0
Foreign plates	5 862	5 766	98,4	61,5	5 628	5 493	97,6	60,0
Buses	131	124	94,7	100,0	133	123	92,5	100,0
Domestic plates	42	39	92,9	31,5	43	40	93,0	32,5
Foreign plates	89	85	95,5	68,5	90	83	92,2	67,5

3.   CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF PASSENGER ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES AND PASSENGERS, BY DIRECTIONS,
      JANUARY – JUNE 2009

	Entry			Exit
	Traffic		Indices I. –VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.	Traffic		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.
	I. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009.		I. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009.
Passenger vehicles, ‘000	9 563	9 492	99,3	9 386	9 280	98,9
Croatian-Bosnian and Herzegovinian border	4 401	4 456	101,2	4 263	4 296	100,8
Croatian-Hungarian border	276	260	94,2	268	257	95,9
Croatian-Slovenian border	4 017	3 795	94,5	3 988	3 839	96,3
Croatian-Serbian border	784	905	115,4	772	808	104,7
Croatian-Montenegrin border	85	76	89,4	95	80	84,2
Passengers, ‘000	30 659	25 618	83,6	29 920	25 315	84,6
Croatian-Bosnian and Herzegovinian border	13 702	12 281	89,6	13 245	12 092	91,3
Croatian-Hungarian border	913	691	75,7	873	677	77,5
Croatian-Slovenian border	13 214	9 841	74,5	13 129	10 099	76,9
Croatian-Serbian border	2 510	2 523	100,5	2 347	2 170	92,5
Croatian-Montenegrin border	320	282	88,1	326	277	85,0

4.   CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF GOODS IN FREIGHT VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF TRAFFIC, JANUARY – JUNE 2009

	Entry				Exit
	Goods, ‘000  t		Indices I. – VI. 2009.  I. – VI. 2008.	Structure, %	Goods, ‘000  t		Indices I. – VI. 2009.  I. – VI. 2008.	Structure, %
	I. – VI.  2008.	I. – VI.  2009.		I. – VI. 2009.	I. – VI.  2008.	I. – VI.  2009.		I. – VI. 2009.
Goods in road cross-border traffic	10 361	7 792	75,2	100,0	9 210	7 400	80,3	100,0
Domestic plates	2 800	2 201	78,6	28,2	1 982	1 531	77,2	20,7
Foreign plates	7 561	5 591	73,9	71,8	7 228	5 869	81,2	79,3
In freight vehicles – import/export	5 419	3 848	71,0	100,0	4 393	3 554	80,9	100,0
Domestic plates	2 524	1 991	78,9	51,7	1 740	1 354	77,8	38,1
Foreign plates	2 895	1 857	64,1	48,3	2 653	2 200	82,9	61,9
In freight vehicles – transit	4 942	3 944	79,8	100,0	4 817	3 846	79,8	100,0
Domestic plates	276	210	76,1	5,3	242	177	73,1	4,6
Foreign plates	4 666	3 734	80,0	94,7	4 575	3 669	80,2	95,4

5.   CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF FREIGHT ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF VEHICLE, JANUARY – JUNE 2009

	Entry				Exit
	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.	Structure, %	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. – VI. 2009.  I. – VI. 2008.	Structure, %
	I. – VI.  2008.	I. – VI.  2009.		I. – VI. 2009.	I. – VI.  2008.	I. – VI.  2009.		I. – VI. 2009.
Freight vehicles with freight ― import/export	319	236	74,0	100,0	249	206	82,7	100,0
Domestic plates	157	125	79,6	53,0	113	91	80,5	44,2
Foreign plates	162	111	68,5	47,0	136	115	84,6	55,8
Freight vehicles with freight – transit	310	245	79,0	100,0	302	239	79,1	100,0
Domestic plates	18	14	77,8	5,7	16	11	68,8	4,6
Foreign plates	292	231	79,1	94,3	286	228	79,7	95,4
Empty freight vehicles	229	187	81,7	100,0	306	226	73,9	100,0
Domestic plates	53	41	77,4	21,9	99	80	80,8	35,4
Foreign plates	176	146	83,0	78,1	207	146	70,5	64,6

6.   CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF FREIGHT ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES AND GOODS, BY DIRECTIONS, JANUARY – JUNE 2009

	Entry			Exit
	Traffic		Indices I. – VI. 2009.  I. – VI. 2008.	Traffic		Indices I. – VI. 2009.  I. – VI. 2008.
	I. – VI.  2008.	I. – VI.  2009.		I. – VI.  2008.	I. – VI.  2009.
Freight vehicles, ‘000	858	668	77,9	857	671	78,3
Croatian-Bosnian and Herzegovinian border	251	186	74,1	238	176	73,9
Croatian-Hungarian border	70	51	72,9	59	46	78,0
Croatian-Slovenian border	384	313	81,5	405	330	81,5
Croatian-Serbian border	146	113	77,4	144	112	77,8
Croatian-Montenegrin border	7	5	71,4	11	7	63,6
Goods, ‘000  t	10 361	7 792	75,2	9 210	7 400	80,3
Croatian-Bosnian and Herzegovinian border	2 958	1 934	65,4	2 898	2 368	81,7
Croatian-Hungarian border	1 087	817	75,2	404	274	67,8
Croatian-Slovenian border	4 745	3 812	80,3	3 734	3 162	84,7
Croatian-Serbian border	1 555	1 218	78,3	1 997	1 478	74,0
Croatian-Montenegrin border	16	11	68,8	177	118	66,7

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

Data on road cross-border traffic of freight motor vehicles and goods has been obtained from the Customs Authority of the Republic of Croatia.

The source of data on road cross-border traffic of passenger cars, buses and their passengers as well as of rail, maritime, river and air cross-border traffic are the records of the border police of the Ministry of the Interior.

Coverage

Data on road cross-border traffic of motor vehicles cover all road motor vehicles, passengers and goods that crossed the border and arrived in or departed from the Republic of Croatia.

Road freight motor vehicles are grouped by country of registration. Therefore, freight vehicles transporting goods in import and export as well as freight vehicles transporting goods in transit through the Republic of Croatia country are monitored separately.

Data on cross-border traffic of freight motor vehicles cover all border crossings where there are customs offices.    

Data on entry and exit of passenger cars, buses and their passengers include vehicles and passengers in transit through the Republic of Croatia.

Passenger motor vehicles are grouped as domestic and foreign ones by country of registration. Passengers are registered as either foreign or domestic ones, depending on the citizenship. Local cross-border traffic is included in the total coverage.

Data on cross-border traffic of passenger vehicles as well as passengers in railway, maritime and air traffic cover all existing railway, maritime, river and air border crossings, both year-round and seasonal ones.

Definitions

Border crossing is a place intended for crossing the state border.

Border crossings are international, interstate or local ones. They may be road, railway, air, maritime or river crossings.

Border crossings for international traffic are intended for cross-border traffic of citizens of the Republic of Croatia and citizens of other countries.

Border crossings for interstate traffic are intended for cross-border traffic of citizens of the Republic of Croatia and citizens of the neighbouring countries.

Border crossings for local traffic are intended for cross-border traffic of citizens from a certain area of the Republic of Croatia and a certain area of the neighbouring country according to the international agreement.

Abbreviations

t          tonnes

'000    thousand

Symbols

…    data not available

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