Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, May 2013

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 0,1% in May 2013 compared with May 2012. The corresponding income increased by 12,9% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 11,3% in the three months ended May 2013 compared with the three months ended May 2012. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • primary mining and quarrying products (10,7% and contributing 3,4 percentage points);
  • manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (19,2% and contributing 2,6 percentage points); and
  • `other` freight  (12,3% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 16,2% in May 2013 compared with May 2012. The corresponding income decreased by 23,3% over the same period. Passenger transport was adversely affected by a bus drivers` strike during April and May 2013.