LAND TRANSPORT AND PIPELINE TRANSPORT

FIRST QUARTER OF 2004¹⁾

This Release presents data on transport of passengers and goods in the land and pipeline transport.

According to the National Classification of Economic Activities, the land and pipeline transport comprises the railway and road transport of passengers and goods, the urban transport as well as the oil and gas transport.

In the first quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period of 2003, the railway transport of passengers increased by 6.1% while transport of goods increased by 12.6%. In the period from January to December 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002, the railway transport of passengers decreased by 7.5%, while that of goods increased by 7.6%.

The road transport of passengers in the first quarter of 2004 increased by 4.7%, as compared to the same period of 2003. In the period from January to December 2003 the road transport of passengers decreased by 0.3%, as compared to the same period of 2002.

In the first quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period of 2003, the road transport of goods increased by 25.5%. In the period from January to December 2003 the road transport of goods increased by 13.5%, as compared to the same period of 2002.

In the first quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period of 2003, in urban transport of passengers there was a decrease of 7.1% of the passenger transport in buses and a decrease of 2.0% of the passenger transport in trams.

In the first quarter of 2004 the pipeline transport of oil increased by 14.5% and that of gas by 5.2%, as compared to the same period of 2003. In the period from January to December 2003 the pipeline transport of oil increased by 1.6% and that of gas by 5.8%, as compared to the same period of 2002.

The transit of oil increased by 12.7% in the first quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period of 2003. In the period from January to December 2003 the transit of oil increased by 5.8%, as compared to the same period of 2002.

1) Provisional data

1. RAILWAY TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2003.			2004.	Indices
		I. – XII.	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2004. X. – XII. 2003.	I. – III. 2004. I. – III. 2003.	I. – XII. 2003. I. – XII. 2002.
Passengers carried	‘000	33 505	8 825	8 448	9 359	110,8	106,1	92,5
Domestic interurban transport	‘000	13 430	3 864	3 163	4 308	136,2	111,5	84,9
Domestic urban transport	‘000	19 280	4 738	5 074	4 908	96,7	103,6	98,4
International transport	‘000	795	223	211	143	67,8	64,1	94,9
Passenger-kilometres	Mln	1 144	274	305	278	91,1	101,5	95,7
Domestic interurban transport	Mln	743	181	198	189	95,5	104,4	94,2
Domestic urban transport	Mln	288	70	76	73	96,1	104,3	98,0
International transport	Mln	113	23	31	16	51,6	69,6	100,9
Goods carried^1)	‘000 t	11 468	2 188	3 176	2 463	77,6	112,6	107,6
Domestic transport	‘000 t	3 439	373	1 105	638	57,7	171,0	125,7
Export	‘000 t	1 635	396	430	296	68,8	74,7	89,9
Import	‘000 t	2 022	454	532	487	91,5	107,3	116,1
Transit	‘000 t	4 372	965	1 109	1 042	94,0	108,0	100,3
Tonne-kilometres^1)	Mln	2 454	473	659	526	79,8	111,2	111,2
Domestic transport	Mln	697	73	224	131	58,5	179,5	120,0
Export	Mln	432	106	98	65	66,3	61,3	89,6
Import	Mln	507	128	123	123	100,0	96,1	119,6
Transit	Mln	818	166	214	207	96,7	124,7	113,8

1) Empty privately owned wagons are excluded.

2. ROAD TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS

	Unit of measure	2003.			2004.	Indices
		I. – XII.	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2004. X. – XII. 2003.	I. – III. 2004. I. – III. 2003.	I. – XII. 2003. I. – XII. 2002.
Passengers carried	‘000	65 413	15 357	16 740	16 082	96,1	104,7	99,7
Domestic transport	‘000	62 857	14 740	16 133	15 509	96,1	105,2	98,7
International transport	‘000	2 556	617	607	573	94,4	92,9	135,1
Passenger-kilometres	Mln	3 716	756	952	750	78,8	99,2	104,5
Domestic transport	Mln	3 097	626	787	660	83,9	105,4	106,3
International transport	Mln	619	130	165	90	54,5	69,2	96,1

3. ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS

	Unit of measure	2003.			2004.	Indices
		I. – XII.	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2004. X. – XII. 2003.	I. – III. 2004. I. – III. 2003.	I. – XII. 2003. I. – XII. 2002.
Goods carried - total	‘000 t	52 147	8 831	14 625	11 084	75,8	125,5	113,5
Domestic transport	‘000 t	46 004	7 568	13 063	9 606	73,5	126,9	113,7
Export	‘000 t	2 223	429	663	580	87,5	135,2	119,3
Import	‘000 t	3 169	633	680	703	103,4	111,1	110,7
Cross-trade	‘000 t	751	201	219	195	89,0	97,0	96,8
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	8 241	1 637	2 401	2 039	84,9	124,6	111,2
Domestic transport	Mln	4 124	731	1 261	972	77,1	133,0	112,6
Export	Mln	1 410	306	412	321	77,9	104,9	117,9
Import	Mln	1 819	404	446	466	104,5	115,3	111,9
Cross-trade	Mln	888	196	282	280	99,3	142,9	95,6
Road transport of goods for hire or reward
Goods carried	‘000 t	28 999	4 620	8 614	5 995	69,6	129,8	117,5
Domestic transport	‘000 t	23 170	3 451	7 082	4 706	66,5	136,4	118,3
Export	‘000 t	2 169	418	651	527	81,0	126,1	118,8
Import	‘000 t	2 909	550	662	567	85,6	103,1	116,8
Cross-trade	‘000 t	751	201	219	195	89,0	97,0	97,2
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	6 532	1 297	1 978	1 588	80,3	122,4	113,1
Domestic transport	Mln	2 560	438	848	590	69,6	134,7	119,0
Export	Mln	1 384	299	407	303	74,4	101,3	117,5
Import	Mln	1 700	364	441	415	94,1	114,0	111,9
Cross-trade	Mln	888	196	282	280	99,3	142,9	95,9
Road transport of goods for own account
Goods carried	‘000 t	23 148	4 211	6 011	5 089	84,7	120,9	108,7
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	1 709	340	423	451	106,6	132,6	104,3

4. URBAN TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2003.			2004.	Indices
		I. – XII.	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2004. X. – XII. 2003.	I. – III. 2004. I. – III. 2003.	I. – XII. 2003. I. – XII. 2002.
Buses	Number	1 070	1 027	1 070	1 060	99,1	103,2	104,6
Kilometres travelled by buses	‘000	68 949	16 809	17 600	17 566	99,8	104,5	100,6
Passengers carried	‘000	190 936	52 079	50 406	48 405	96,0	92,9	92,0
Trams^1)	Number	440	441	440	439	99,8	99,5	99,8
Kilometres travelled by trams	‘000	23 398	5 960	6 168	5 898	95,6	99,0	99,5
Passengers carried	‘000	183 436	45 194	48 300	44 276	91,7	98,0	102,9

1) Including motorised cars and trailers

5. PIPELINE TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2003.			2004.	Indices
		I. – XII.	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2004. X. – XII. 2003.	I. – III. 2004. I. – III. 2003.	I. – XII. 2003. I. – XII. 2002.
Oil transported	‘000 t	6 795	1 615	1 608	1 849	115,0	114,5	101,6
Domestic transport	‘000 t	3 847	806	997	937	94,0	116,3	98,6
Export	‘000 t	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import	‘000 t	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transit	‘000 t	2 948	809	611	912	149,3	112,7	105,8
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	1 335	356	275	394	143,3	110,7	103,8
Domestic transport	Mln	108	20	18	23	127,8	115,0	71,5
Export	Mln	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import	Mln	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transit	Mln	1 227	336	257	371	144,4	110,4	108,1
Gas transported	‘000 t	2 275	637	584	670	114,7	105,2	105,8
Domestic transport	‘000 t	1 442	429	378	458	121,2	106,8	107,0
Export	‘000 t	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import	‘000 t	833	208	206	212	102,9	101,9	103,7
Transit	‘000 t	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	288	85	75	90	120,0	105,9	106,3
Domestic transport	Mln	259	77	68	83	122,1	107,8	106,6
Export	Mln	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import	Mln	29	8	7	7	100,0	87,5	103,6
Transit	Mln	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

Land and pipeline transport, according to the National Classification of Economic Activities, cover division 60: railway transport, road transport, urban transport and pipeline transport (transport of oil and gas).

Data on railway transport have been collected through the regular Quarterly Report on Railway Transport (Form PŽ/T-11).

Data on road transport of passengers have been collected through the Quarterly Report on Road Transport (Form PA/M-11).

Data on road transport of goods for hire or reward and for own account have been collected through the weekly Statistical Survey on Road Transport of Goods (Form PA/T-11).

Data on urban transport of passengers have been collected through the Quarterly Report on Urban Transport (Form PG/T-11).

Data on pipeline transport have been collected through the quarterly report on oil pipeline (Form P-NF/T-11) and gas pipeline (Form P-PL/T-11).

The methodology for these surveys is based on the Eurostat recommendations.

Coverage

Data on railway transport of passengers and goods refer to the activity of Croatian Railways. Also included is the urban transport of passengers.

Data on road transport of passengers relate to activity of business entities (legal entities and natural persons) that are engaged in transport of passengers by buses.

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 this survey. Vehicles selected into the sample are monitored in the period of 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 Interior. Reporting units are business entities (legal entities and natural persons) who own or just use a freight road vehicle selected into the sample.

Urban transport of passengers covers organised public transport of passengers conducted by legal entities registered in the Register of Business Entities of Central Bureau of Statistics, which are engaged in urban transport of passengers and are registered in other activities.

Data on pipeline transport relate to the activities of legal entities engaged in transport of oil and gas via pipelines.

Definitions

Passenger is any person who makes journey by a road or railway vehicle, excluding service staff assigned to buses, trams and freight vehicles.

Goods are any goods moved by railway or road goods vehicles. This includes all packaging and equipment such as containers, swap-bodies or pallets.

Domestic transport is a transport of passengers and goods between a place of loading and a place of unloading inside our country borders.

International transport is a transport of passengers and goods between a place of loading in our country and a place of unloading abroad and vice versa, and a transport between two places abroad. International transport of goods is divided to export, import, transit (with transhipment and without transhipment) and cross-trade transport.

Export implies transport of goods loaded inside of our country borders, and unloaded in a foreign country.

Import implies transport of goods, loaded in a foreign country, and unloaded inside our country borders. Final destination of these goods is Croatia.

Transit without of transhipment implies transport of goods that are loaded or unloaded in a foreign country, which touches the Croatian territory during the transport.

Transit with transhipment implies transport of goods that are loaded or unloaded in a foreign country with transhipment in Croatia.

Cross-trade road transport implies international transport of goods performed by domestic operators with a place of loading and unloading being located in a foreign country.

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 of goods over a distance of one kilometre.

Abbreviations

kg kilogram

mln million

t tonne

‘000 thousand

Symbols

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