IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 3,3% in October 2012 compared with October 2011. The corresponding income increased by 3,4% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 2,6% in the three months ended October 2012 compared with the three months ended October 2011. The main contributors to this increase were:

primary mining and quarrying products (6,6% and contributing 2,1 percentage points);