First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 15 November 2021
TRAN-2021-1-1/3
ISSN 1334-0557

TRANSPORT THIRD QUARTER OF 20211)

The total number of passengers carried in the third quarter of 2021 amounted to 17.8 million, which means that it increased by 31.2% compared to the third quarter of 2020. An increase in the number of passengers was recorded in the road line transport by coaches, of 36.1%, and Croatian air carriers, of 117.4%. An increase in the number of passengers was recorded also in seawater and coastal transport by Croatian shippers, of 43.6%. In the railway transport, according to provisional data, 3.1% less passengers were transported. Compared to the third quarter of 2019, the total number of passengers carried decreased by 24.1%.

In the period from January to September 2021, the total number of passengers transported amounted to 43.0 million, which was 18.7% more than in the same period of 2020. An increase in the transport of passengers was realised in air transport, of 32.0%, in road line transport, of 19.1%, and in seawater and coastal transport, of 41.5%. In railway transport, there was a decrease recorded in the number of passengers, of 0.7%. Compared to the same period of 2019, it was a decrease of 33.1%.

A total of 33.1 million tonnes of goods were transported in the third quarter of 2021, which was an increase of 3.0% compared to the third quarter of 2020. An increase in the transport of goods was recorded in railway transport (6.3%) and in the transport of goods by freight vehicles with Croatian plates (4.1%). An increase was also recorded in pipeline transport (7.8%) and in inland waterway transport by ships (1.5%). A decrease was realised by Croatian shippers in seawater and coastal transport (5.7%) and by Croatian air carriers (16.1%).

In the period from January to September 2021, the total quantity of transported goods amounted to 93.9 million tonnes, which was an increase of 4.5% compared to the same period of 2020. An increase was realised in railway transport, of 0.7%, in road transport, of 5.0%, in seawater and coastal transport, of 7.8%, and in pipeline transport, of 2.4%. A decrease in the transport of goods was realised in inland waterway transport, of 12.2%, and in air transport, of 13.2%.

 

1) See Notes on Methodology.

G-1. PASSENGER-KILOMETRES PERFORMED IN INLAND TRANSPORT, 2020 AND 2021

G-2. TONNE-KILOMETRES PERFORMED IN INLAND TRANSPORT, 2020 AND 2021

1. TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS, BY TRANSPORT MODES
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Passengers carried1) 000'  13 586  36 232  17 828  43 005 128,3 131,2 118,7
Railway transport1) 000'  3 113  9 574  3 016  9 502 89,2 96,9 99,3
Road line transport 000'  5 407  18 592  7 361  22 144 93,4 136,1 119,1
Seawater and coastal transport 000'  4 830  7 488  6 938  10 597 282,0 143,6 141,5
Air transport 000'   236   578   512   763 295,5 217,4 132,0
Passenger-kilometres1) Mln  1 017  2 657  1 606  3 276 171,3 157,8 123,3
Railway transport1) Mln   117   333   166   398 130,5 141,5 119,6
Road line transport Mln   497  1 555   642  1 710 116,5 129,0 110,0
Seawater and coastal transport Mln   223   350   325   499 278,3 145,5 142,8
Air transport Mln   179   419   473   668 332,3 263,9 159,4
Goods carried 000' t  32 085  89 817  33 055  93 880 100,5 103,0 104,5
Railway transport 000' t  3 558  10 919  3 783  11 000 102,8 106,3 100,7
Road line transport 000' t  20 865  59 079  21 717  62 014 97,5 104,1 105,0
Pomorski i obalni prijevoz 000' t  5 116  12 366  4 826  13 331 112,0 94,3 107,8
Inland waterway transport2)  000' t   235   636   238   558 163,9 101,5 87,8
Air transport 000' t 0   1 0   1 114,4 83,9 86,8
Transport via pipelines 000' t  2 310  6 815  2 491  6 976 99,8 107,8 102,4
Tonne-kilometres  Mln  29 209  81 654  32 853  86 950 110,0 112,5 106,5
Railway transport Mln   797  2 372   809  2 302 107,2 101,5 97,1
Road line transport Mln  2 962  8 719  3 346  9 896 96,4 113,0 113,5
Seawater and coastal transport Mln  24 955  69 209  28 093  73 203 112,0 112,6 105,8
Inland waterway transport2) Mln   14   43   8   26 110,6 58,0 59,5
Air transport Mln 0   1 0   1 111,0 79,3 82,0
Transport via pipelines Mln   481  1 311   596  1 522 111,6 124,0 116,1

1) Provisional data for 2021.
2) Transit is not included.

2. RAILWAY TRANSPORT
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Passengers carried1) 000'  3 113  9 574  3 016  9 502 89,2 96,9 99,3
National transport1) 000'  3 025  9 440  2 873  9 328 85,6 95,0 98,8
International transport1) 000'   88   133   144   174 580,2 162,8 130,3
Passenger-kilometres1) Mln   117   333   166   398 130,5 141,5 119,6
National transport1) Mln   114   327   119   344 99,0 104,6 105,2
International transport1) Mln   3   6   47   54 689,2 2) 965,6
Goods carried 000' t  3 558  10 919  3 783  11 000 102,8 106,3 100,7
National transport 000' t   726  2 002   822  2 119 110,4 113,3 105,9
International transport – loading 000' t  1 471  4 357  1 520  4 228 113,9 103,4 97,0
International transport – unloading 000' t   315  1 108   375  1 177 90,4 119,1 106,2
Transit 000' t  1 047  3 453  1 066  3 476 89,9 101,8 100,7
Tonne-kilometres Mln   797  2 372   809  2 302 107,2 101,5 97,1
National transport Mln   227   593   213   578 110,0 93,8 97,5
International transport – loading Mln   279   809   259   712 120,5 92,6 88,0
International transport – unloading Mln   90   316   118   335 105,4 131,8 106,2
Transit Mln   201   654   220   677 93,5 109,2 103,5
Out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods 000' t   373  1 220   399  1 118 103,4 107,0 91,7

1) Provisional data for 2021.
2) The index exceeds 999.

3. ROAD LINE TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS BY COACHES
  Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Passengers carried 000' 5 407 18 592 7 361 22 144 93,4 136,1 119,1
National transport 000' 5 292 18 202 6 954 20 825 98,0 131,4 114,4
International transport 000' 115 390 407 1 319 51,9 353,9 338,2
Passenger-kilometres Mln 497 1 555 642 1 710 116,5 129,0 110,0
National transport Mln 444 1 409 558 1 580 106,7 125,8 112,1
International transport Mln 54 146 84 130 303,1 155,5 89,1

4. URBAN TRANSPORT BY BUSES AND TRAMS
  Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Buses Number 1 269 1 269 1 314 1 314 102,3 103,5 103,5
Kilometres travelled by buses 000' 14 221 38 995 16 062 47 922 76,2 112,9 122,9
Passengers carried 000' 30 375 92 738 29 112 88 599 91,3 95,8 95,5
Trams1) Number 345 345 345 345 100,0 100,0 100,0
Kilometres travelled by trams 000' 2 972 7 610 3 042 9 986 55,6 102,4 131,2
Passengers carried 000' 32 242 98 534 27 823 86 580 91,5 86,3 87,9

1) Including motorised cars and trailers.

5. ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Goods carried – total 000' t  20 865  59 079  21 717  62 014 97,5 104,1 105,0
National transport 000' t  17 729  49 049  17 804  50 629 96,9 100,4 103,2
Dispatched to foreign countries 000' t  1 124  3 509  1 569  4 172 115,1 139,6 118,9
Received from foreign countries 000' t  1 035  3 429  1 212  3 724 90,1 117,1 108,6
Cross-trade transport 000' t   977  3 090  1 132  3 488 94,6 115,9 112,9
Tonne-kilometres Mln  2 962  8 719  3 346  9 896 96,4 113,0 113,5
National transport Mln  1 209  3 359  1 219  3 449 99,4 100,8 102,7
Dispatched to foreign countries Mln   603  1 860   759  2 188 98,9 125,9 117,7
Received from foreign countries Mln   521  1 653   564  1 926 77,0 108,3 116,6
Cross-trade transport Mln   628  1 847   804  2 333 108,0 127,9 126,3
Road transport of goods for hire or reward                
Goods carried 000' t  11 806  33 280  12 569  33 514 107,8 106,5 100,7
Tonne-kilometres Mln  2 504  7 447  2 885  8 396 97,7 115,2 112,8
Road transport of goods for own account                
Goods carried 000' t  9 059  25 799  9 149  28 500 86,3 101,0 110,5
Tonne-kilometres Mln   458  1 272   462  1 500 89,0 100,8 117,9
Out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods 000' t (1 106)  2 382 (1 266)  2 806 129,3 114,5 117,8

6. TRANSPORT VIA PIPELINES
  Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Oil transported 000' t 1 778 5 080 1 969 5 267 100,2 110,7 103,7
Tonne-kilometres  Mln 434 1 118 477 1 177 113,3 109,9 105,3
Gas transported 000' t 533 1 735 522 1 710 98,5 98,1 98,6
Tonne-kilometres Mln 47 193 119 345 105,2 255,0 179,0

7. SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Passengers carried 000'  4 830  7 488  6 938  10 597 282,0 143,6 141,5
National transport 000'  4 814  7 465  6 898  10 547 281,2 143,3 141,3
International transport 000'   17   23   40   49 595,0 242,1 215,1
Out of total, carried by ferries 000'  4 001  6 184  5 580  8 549 275,5 139,5 138,2
Passenger-kilometres Mln   223   350   325   499 278,3 145,5 142,8
National transport Mln   220   345   317   489 274,5 143,9 141,8
International transport Mln   3   5   8   10 594,0 250,9 212,9
Goods carried 000' t  5 116  12 366  4 826  13 331 112,0 94,3 107,8
National transport 000' t   256   623   214   588 103,2 83,3 94,3
International transport 000' t  4 860  11 742  4 612  12 743 112,5 94,9 108,5
Tonne-kilometres Mln  24 955  69 209  28 093  73 203 112,0 112,6 105,8
National transport Mln   58   158   58   167 98,7 100,3 106,2
International transport Mln  24 897  69 051  28 034  73 036 112,0 112,6 105,8

8. AIR TRANSPORT

  Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
VII – IX I – IX VII – IX I – IX VII – IX 2021
IV – VI 2021		 VII – IX 2021
VII – IX 2020		 I – IX 2021
I − IX 2020
Passengers carried 000' 236 578 512 763 295,5 217,4 132,0
National transport 000' 62 148 102 177 210,8 163,9 119,6
International transport 000' 174 431 410 587 328,1 236,5 136,2
Passenger-kilometres Mln 179 419 473 668 332,3 263,9 159,4
National transport Mln 20 47 31 55 201,6 160,6 118,6
International transport Mln 160 373 441 613 348,3 276,5 164,4
Freight carried t 417 1 099 350 954 114,4 83,9 86,8
National transport t 32 70 35 67 140,0 109,4 95,7
International transport t 385 1 029 315 887 112,1 81,8 86,2
Tonne-kilometres 000' 357 972 283 797 111,0 79,3 82,0
National transport 000' 10 21 10 19 142,9 100,0 90,5
International transport 000' 347 951 273 778 110,1 78,7 81,8

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

It may happen that the sum total does not equal the sum of individual figures and that cumulative data do not always equal the sum of individual quarterly results due to the rounding of numbers.

The final quarterly data on the railway transport of passengers for 2021 will be published in May 2022 in Excel format on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics www.dzs.hr under Statistics in Line, Transport and Communications.

Data on traffic of ships, passengers and goods in seaports were published in the First Release 5.1.2. Traffic in Seaports, and data on traffic of passengers and freight in airports in the First Release 5.1.3. Traffic in Airports.

Sources and methods of data collection

The data on transport are collected through weekly, monthly and quarterly statistical surveys. The purpose of the surveys is to collect the data on the transport of passengers and goods and to calculate the performance indicators on transport expressed in tonne-kilometres and passenger-kilometres.

Observation and reporting units on road line passenger transport, urban transport, pipeline transport, seawater and coastal transport, and air transport are national carriers, that is, operators registered in the transport activity (section H of the NKD 2007.) in the Statistical Business Register of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Observation units in the statistical survey on the road transport of goods are freight road vehicles (including road tractors) with a loading capacity of over 3 500 kg that are registered with the Ministry of the Interior. Reporting units are business entities (legal entities and natural persons) who own or just use a freight road vehicle selected into the sample.

The data on inland waterway transport are collected on the Report on Arrival of Vessels in Inland Waterway Ports and the Report on Departure of Vessels from Inland Waterway Ports. The data are delivered by harbour master’s offices of inland waterway ports.

Coverage

The data on the railway transport of passengers include the urban and suburban transport of passengers and passengers in transit through the Republic of Croatia. Data on railway transport of goods relate to the operation of all railway carriers in the railway network of the Republic of Croatia.

The data on the road transport refer to the operation of owners or users of freight vehicles selected by the sample. In the quarterly dynamics, 2 600 vehicles have been selected in the sample. The data, that is, estimates with the variation coefficient values ranging between 10.0 and 30.0 are separately marked as less accurate values.

The data on the road line transport of passengers have related to the activity of business entities (legal entities and natural persons) engaged in the transport of passengers by coaches and holding the concession for performing the public line transport of passengers on international, inter-county and county lines.

The urban transport of passengers covers the organised public transport of passengers in cities with a population of over 40 000 conducted by business entities engaged in the urban transport of passengers (by trams and buses). Included are the active business entities employing more than 10 persons registered in section H, class 49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport, of the NKD 2007. in the Statistical Business Register of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

The survey on the seawater and coastal transport covers all business entities engaged in the public seawater and coastal line transport of passengers and business entities whose principal or subsidiary activity is seawater and coastal transport of goods. The selection of reporting units engaged in the activity of transporting goods is prepared every year on the basis of the defined threshold for being included in the survey (10 or more persons in employment). Cross-trade transport is included.

The data on air transport of passengers and freight are submitted by national air operators engaged in the commercial air transport of passengers and freight (goods and mail).

The transport via pipelines covers oil transport and gas transport. Data refer to activities of legal entities engaged in oil and gas transport via pipelines.

The data on the transport in inland waterways include the transport of goods on vessels under the domestic and foreign flags on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Transit is not included.

Definitions

International transport includes conveying between the place of embarkation/loading in the Republic of Croatia and the place of disembarkation/unloading abroad, or vice versa, as well as between two places in another country.

Transit implies a transport through the Croatian territory in the same means of transport between two places (the place of embarkation/loading and the place of disembarkation/unloading), both located in another country or in other countries.

Cross-trade road transport implies international transport of goods performed by domestic operators with the place of loading and unloading being located in a foreign country.

Passenger-kilometre is a unit of measure representing the transport of one person over a distance of one kilometre. The calculation of passenger-kilometres for the rail transport takes into account only the distance travelled on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.

Tonne-kilometre is a unit of measure representing the transport of one tonne over a distance of one kilometre. The calculation of tonne-kilometres for the rail transport takes into account only the distance travelled on the territory of the Republic of Croatia including transit. The calculation of tonne-kilometres for the inland waterway transport takes into account only the distance travelled on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, but transit is not included.

The road transport of goods and road tonne-kilometres relate to the movement of freight vehicles registered in the Republic of Croatia.

 

Abbreviations  
   
kg kilogram
mln million
NKD 2007. National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
pkm passenger-kilometre
t tonne
tkm tonne-kilometre
'000 thousand
   
Symbols  
   
( ) less accurate data
0 value not zero, but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used

 

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