IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 7,3% in January 2020 compared with January 2019. The corresponding income decreased by 3,2% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation decreased by 5,9% in the three months ended January 2020 compared with the three months ended January 2019. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

•          primary mining and quarrying products (-6,0% and contributing -2,1 percentage points);
•          basic metals and fabricated metal products (-38,3% and contributing -1,4 percentage points);
•          agriculture and forestry primary products (-13,1% and contributing -0,9 of a percentage point); and
•          containers (-14,1% and contributing -0,8 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 4,9% in the three months ended January 2020 compared with the previous three months. Road freight decreased by 5,9% (contributing -4,5 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 1,6% (contributing -0,4 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 19,7% in January 2020 compared with January 2019. The corresponding income decreased by 1,3% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 1,8% in the three months ended January 2020 compared with the previous three months. Road passenger journeys decreased by 1,5% (contributing -1,0 percentage point) and rail passenger journeys decreased by 2,5% (contributing -0,8 of a percentage point).