CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES

THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2002¹⁾

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 and air border crossings.

In the period from January to June 2002 the number of vehicles arriving in the Republic of Croatia at border crossings increased by 4.2% and those departing by 7.0%, as compared to the same period last year. In addition to the increase in the number of vehicles, in the period from January to June there was also an increase in the number of passengers in the road cross-border traffic, as follows: arrivals in the Republic of Croatia by 5.4% and departures by 8.8%.

Arrival of goods intended for imports, transported in road freight vehicles in the reference period, increased by even 12.1%, as compared to the same period last year, while the departure of goods intended for exports decreased in the same period by 3.4%, as compared to the same period last year. Goods at road border crossings in transit in the Republic of Croatia keeps the increasing tendency in the reference period, as follows: arrivals by 20.9% and departures by 13.3%, as compared to the same period last year.

The cross-border traffic of passengers at railway border crossings decreased in the reference period, as compared to the same period last year, arrivals by 6.8% and departures by 8.5%. The maritime border crossings in the same period showed a significant increase of passengers, arrivals by 26.1% and departures by 25.0%. The cross-border traffic at air border crossings showed an increase by 5.6% of arrivals and increase by 2.5% of departures from the Republic of Croatia as compared to the same period last year.

1. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF MOTOR VEHICLES, PASSENGERS AND GOODS,
JANUARY - JUNE 2002

	Unit of measure	Entry			Exit
		Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.
		I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.
Vehicles in road cross - border traffic		8 338	8 691	104,2	7 776	8 321	107,0
Pasengers - total		25 767	27 165	105,4	23 991	26 102	108,8
In road cross-border traffic		24 914	26 266	105,4	23 177	25 263	109,0
In railway cross-bordertraffic		325	303	93,2	318	291	91,5
In maritime cross-border traffic		188	237	126,1	176	220	125,0
In air cross-border traffic		340	359	105,6	320	328	102,5
Goods in road cross-border traffic	tonnes	5 119	5 977	116,8	5578	5 892	105,6
Goods vehicles - import/export	tonnes	2 405	2 697	112,1	2 560	2 472	96,6
Goods vehicles - transit	tonnes	2 714	3 280	120,9	3 018	3 420	113,3

1) Provisional data

2. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF VEHICLE,
JANUARY - JUNE 2002

	Entry				Exit
	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Structure, %	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Structure, %
	I. – III. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2002.	I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2002.
Vehicles total	8 338	8 691	104,2	100,0	7 776	8 321	107,0	100,0
Domestic plates	3 262	3 175	97,3	36,5	3 218	3 195	99,3	38,4
Foreign plates	5 076	5 516	108,7	63,5	4 558	5 126	112,5	61,6
Passenger cars	7 622	7 966	104,5	100,0	7 118	7 670	107,8	100,0
Domestic plates	3 032	2 965	97,8	37,2	3 020	3 021	100,0	39,4
Foreign plates	4 590	5 001	109,0	62,8	4 098	4 649	113,4	60,6
Buses	88	89	101,1	100,0	83	86	103,6	100,0
Domestic plates	30	28	93,3	31,5	29	28	96,6	32,6
Foreign plates	58	61	105,2	68,5	54	58	107,4	67,4
Motorcycles	22	20	90,9	100,0	17	18	105,9	100,0
Domestic plates	3	3	100,0	15,0	3	3	100,0	16,7
Foreign plates	19	17	89,5	85,0	14	15	107,1	83,3
Freight vehicles with freight - import/export	213	224	105,2	100,0	177	169	95,5	100,0
Domestic plates	116	120	103,4	53,6	73	71	97,3	42,0
Foreign plates	97	104	107,2	46,4	104	98	94,2	58,0
Empty freight vehicles – import/export	109	89	81,7	100,0	109	87	79,8	100,0
Domestic plates	46	34	73,9	38,2	59	45	76,3	51,7
Foreign plates	63	55	87,3	61,8	50	42	84,0	48,3
Freight vehicles with freight –transit	203	227	111,8	100,0	209	224	107,2	100,0
Domestic plates	28	22	78,6	9,7	30	23	76,7	10,3
Foreign plates	175	205	117,1	90,3	179	201	112,3	89,7
Empty freight vehicles – transit	81	75	92,6	100,0	63	68	107,9	100,0
Domestic plates	7	2	28,6	2,7	4	4	100,0	5,9
Foreign plates	74	73	98,6	97,3	59	64	108,5	94,1

3. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF GOODS IN FREIGHT VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF TRAFFIC,
JANUARY- JUNE 2002

	Entry				Exit
	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Structure, %	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001	Structure, %
	I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2002.	I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2002.
In freight vehicles – import/export	2 405	2 697	112,1	100,0	2 560	2 472	96,6	100,0
Domestic plates	1 335	1 409	105,5	52,2	982	931	94,8	37,7
Foreign plates	1 070	1 288	120,4	47,8	1 578	1 541	97,7	62,3
In freight vehicles – transit	2 714	3 281	120,9	100,0	3 018	3 420	113,3	100,0
Domestic plates	366	297	81,1	9,1	445	328	73,7	9,6
Foreign plates	2 348	2 984	127,1	90,9	2 573	3 092	120,2	90,4

4. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF PASSENGER IN ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF VEHICLE,
JANUARY – JUNE 2002

	Entry				Exit
	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Structure, %	Vehicles, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Structure, %
	I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2002.	I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - IX. 2001.
Total passengers	24 914	26 266	105,4	100,0	23 177	25 263	109,0	100,0
Domestic passengers	9 852	9 663	98,1	36,8	9 772	9 813	100,4	38,8
Foreign passengers	15 062	16 603	110,2	63,2	13 405	15 450	115,3	61,2
In passenger cars	22 096	23 392	105,9	100,0	20 574	22 520	109,5	100,0
Domestic passengers	8 932	8 802	98,5	37,6	8 856	8 937	100,9	39,7
Foreign passengers	13 164	14 590	110,8	62,4	11 718	13 583	115,9	60,3
In buses	2 792	2 851	102,1	100,0	2 583	2 722	105,4	100,0
Domestic passengers	916	857	93,6	30,1	912	871	95,5	32,0
Foreign passengers	1 876	1 994	106,3	69,9	1 671	1 851	110,8	68,0
On motorcycles	26	23	88,5	100,0	20	21	105,0	100,0
Domestic passengers	4	4	100,0	17,4	4	4	100,0	19,0
Foreign passengers	22	19	86,4	82,6	16	17	106,3	81,0

5. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC OF ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES, PASSENGERS AND GOODS,
BY DIRECTIONS, JANUARY – JUNE 2002

	Unit of measure	Entry			Exit
		Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.
		I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I.- III. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.
Vehicles		8 338	8 691	104,2	7 776	8 321	107,0
Croatian – Bosnian and Herzegovinian border		2 938	3 019	102,8	2 714	2 863	105,5
Croatian – Hungarian border		583	471	80,8	579	452	78,1
Croatian – Slovenian border		4 595	4 815	104,8	4 256	4 612	108,4
Croatian – Yugoslavian border		223	385	172,8	227	394	173,7
Passengers		24 914	26 266	105,4	23 177	25 263	109,0
Croatian – Bosnian and Herzegovinian border		8 991	9 419	104,8	8 273	8 810	106,5
Croatian – Hungarian border		1 600	1 350	84,4	1 550	1 273	82,1
Croatian – Slovenian border		13 591	14 376	105,8	12 645	14 107	111,6
Croatian – Yugoslavian border		733	1 121	153,0	709	1 074	151,4
Goods	tonnes	5 119	5 977	116,8	5 578	5 892	105,6
Croatian – Bosnian and Herzegovinian border	tonnes	479	636	132,5	2 391	2 337	97,7
Croatina – Hungarian border	tonnes	1 405	1 494	106,3	557	564	101,3
Croatian – Slovenian border	tonnes	3 019	3 383	112,1	2 229	2 325	104,3
Croatian – Yugoslavian border	tonnes	215	465	215,6	401	666	166,2

6. CROSS–BORDER TRAFFIC OF PASSENGERS ON RAILWAY, MARITIME AND AIR BORDER CROSSINGS, JANUARY - JUNE 2002

	Entry			Exit
	Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.	Traffic, ‘000		Indices I. - VI. 2002. I. - VI. 2001.
	I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.		I. - VI. 2001.	I. - VI. 2002.
Railway cross- border traffic	325	303	93,2	318	291	91,5
Domestic passengers	153	140	91,5	147	131	89,1
Foreign passengers	172	163	94,8	171	160	93,6
Maritime cross-border traffic	188	237	126,1	176	220	125,0
Domestic passengers	27	27	100,0	27	25	92,6
Foreign passengers	161	210	130,4	149	195	130,9
Air cross-border traffic	340	359	105,6	320	328	102,5
Domestic passengers	85	82	96,5	81	78	96,3
Foreign passengers	255	277	108,6	239	250	104,6

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

Data on road cross–border traffic of motor vehicles, passengersr and goods are collected by monthly reports (Form PA/M –31) that are filled in by custom offices on the road border crossings.

The source of data for cross–border traffic of passenger cars, buses, motorcycles and their passengers are the records of border police of the Ministry of Interior. For the cross-border traffic of freight vehicles and goods the source of data are records of custom offices on the road border crossings. This survey has been conducted monthly since January 1^st 1993.

Data on passenger traffic in railway, maritime and air traffic are collected from custom offices for every railway, maritime and air passenger border crossing. Custom office fills in the “Monthly Survey on Cross–Border Traffic of Passengers (in Railway, Maritime and Air Traffic)”, Form PA/M – 33, using records of border police on the border crossings. This survey has been conducted monthly since January 1^st 1998.

Coverage

Data on road cross–border traffic of motor vehicles cover all road motor vehicles, pasengers and goods that crossed the border and arrived in or departed from the Republic of Croatia. Since January 1^st 2001 the transport of passengers in freight vehicles has been of no longer monitored. Empty freight vehicles are monitored instead.

Road motor vehicles are monitored on the entry into and exit out of the country and are grouped as passenger cars, buses, motorcycles and freight vehicles (separately are monitored freight vehicles with goods in import and freight vehicles with goods in transit through our country). Vehicles are sorted as with domestic plates or with foreign plates, depending on the country of registration.

Passengers in road cross–border traffic are monitored as foreign or domestic ones, depending on the citizenship.

Data on entry and exit of passenger cars, buses, motorcycles and their passengers include vehicles and passengers in transit through our country.

All border crossings with custom offices are included. Survey covers 58 border crossings: 23 to Slovenia, 6 to Hungary, 19 to Bosnia and Herzegovina and 10 to Yugoslavia.

Local cross–border traffic between neighbouring countries is not defined by corresponding agreements, so the separate monitoring is not yet possible.

Data on cross–border traffic of passengers in railway, maritime and air traffic covers all existing railway, maritime and air border crossings, both year-round and seasonal ones.

Definition

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

Border crossings are international, interstate or local border crossings. They can 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 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

km kilometre

'000 thousand