IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 9,5% in July 2017 compared with June 2016. The corresponding income increased by 13,9% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 15,0% in the three months ended July 2017 compared with the three months ended July 2016. The main contributors to this increase were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (15,2% and contributing 5,3 percentage points);
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (29,5% and contributing 4,1 percentage points); and
• agriculture and forestry primary products (27,0% and contributing 2,1 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 6,7% in the three months ended July 2017 compared with the previous three months. Road freight grew by 9,2% (contributing 6,8 percentage points) while rail freight declined by 0,4% (contributing -0,1 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 11,6% in July 2017 compared with July 2016. The corresponding income increased by 2,9% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 2,3% in the three months ended July 2017 compared with the previous three months. Rail passenger journeys decreased by 7,0% (contributing -3,8 percentage points), while road passenger journeys increased by 3,2% (contributing 1,5 percentage points).