Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, December 2012

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 0,1% in December 2012 compared with December 2011. The corresponding income increased by 5,1% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 5,9% in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the fourth quarter of 2011. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • primary mining and quarrying products (6,2% and contributing 2,0 percentage points);
  • manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (9,4% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and
  • `other` freight (13,5% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).

Passenger transportation

The number of passengers transported decreased by 3,3% in December 2012 compared with December 2011. The corresponding income increased by 15,2% over the same period.

Income from passenger transportation increased by 16,1% in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the fourth quarter of 2011. Income from passenger transportation by road increased by 15,3% (contributing 11,8 percentage points), and income from passenger transportation by rail increased by 18,8% (contributing 4,3 percentage points).