IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation 

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations since 27 March 2020 have had an extensive impact on economic activity. The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 22,7% in May 2020 compared with May 2019. The corresponding income decreased by 22,5% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation decreased by 22,0% in the three months ended May 2020 compared with the three months ended May 2019. The main contributors to this decrease were:

• primary mining and quarrying products (-17,4% and contributing -6,4 percentage points);
• ‘other’ freight (-26,6% and contributing -4,8 percentage points).
• basic metals and fabricated metal products (-62,5% and contributing -2,3 percentage points);
• containers (-33,0% and contributing -1,8 percentage points); and
• manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (-13,7% and contributing -1,5 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 16,6% in the three months ended May 2020 compared with the previous three months. Road freight decreased by 16,5% (contributing -12,6 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 16,8% (contributing -4,0 percentage points).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys decreased by 71,7% in May 2020 compared with May 2019. The corresponding income decreased by 68,8% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 57,6% in the three months ended May 2020 compared with the previous three months. Road passenger journeys decreased by 47,7% (contributing -34,1 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys decreased by 82,4% (contributing -23,5 percentage points).