First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 15 May 2023
TRAN-2023-1-1/1

ISSN 1334-0557

TRANSPORT, FIRST QUARTER OF 20231)

 

The total number of passengers carried in the first quarter of 2023 amounted to 18.1 million, which means that it increased by 18.3% compared to the first quarter of 2022. An increase in the transport of passengers was recorded in the road line transport by coaches, of 7.6%, in the transport by Croatian air carriers, of 46.9%, and by Croatian shippers in seawater and coastal transport, of 7.2%. In the railway transport, according to provisional data, 43.9% more passengers were transported. Compared to the first quarter of 2019, the total transport of passengers decreased by 5.8%.

According to the final data, in the period from January to December 2022, the total number of passengers transported amounted to 82.5 million, which was 42.6% more than in the same period of 2021. An increase in the transport of passengers was realised in railway transport, of 37.3%, in road line transport, of 52.6%, in air transport, of 126.4%, and in seawater and coastal transport, of 16.1%. Compared to the same period of 2019, the total transport of passengers decreased by 1.8%.

A total of 29.0 million tonnes of goods were transported in the first quarter of 2023, which was a decrease of 8.7% compared to the first quarter of 2022. The transport of goods decreased in seawater and coastal transport by Croatian shippers, by 38.1%, in the transport of goods by freight vehicles with Croatian plates, by 2.9%, in inland waterway transport by ships under all flags, by 55.8%, and in the transport of goods by railway carriers, by 11.2%. An increase in the transport of goods was recorded by Croatian air carriers, of 13.2%, and in pipeline transport, of 6.3%.

1) See Notes on Methodology.

G-1 PASSENGER-KILOMETRES PERFORMED IN INLAND TRANSPORT, 2022 AND 2023

G-2 TONNE-KILOMETRES PERFORMED IN INLAND TRANSPORT, 2022 AND 2023

1 TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS, BY TRANSPORT MODES

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Passengers carried1) ‘000  15 266  18 608  82 546  18 056 97,0 118,3 142,6
Railway transport1) ‘000  4 180  5 119  18 591  6 015 117,5 143,9 137,3
Road line transport ‘000  9 379  11 032  47 292  10 092 91,5 107,6 152,6
Seawater and coastal transport ‘000  1 405  1 914  14 261  1 506 78,7 107,2 116,1
Air transport ‘000   302   543  2 401   443 81,7 146,9 226,4
Passenger-kilometres1) Mln  1 255  1 902  7 655  1 755 92,3 139,9 172,4
Railway transport1) Mln   141   259   815   308 118,9 218,0 150,9
Road line transport Mln   705   887  3 224   874 98,6 124,0 134,7
Seawater and coastal transport Mln   69   93   693   74 78,8 106,2 119,2
Air transport Mln   339   663  2 923   499 75,3 147,3 316,4
Goods carried ‘000 t  31 724  30 815  127 824  28 951 94,0 91,3 100,0
Railway transport ‘000 t  3 995  3 907  16 257  3 548 90,8 88,8 107,1
Road line transport ‘000 t  20 942  21 398  86 402  20 343 95,1 97,1 101,7
Seawater and coastal transport ‘000 t  4 597  3 140  15 355  2 844 90,6 61,9 86,2
Inland waterway transport2)  ‘000 t   180   126   583   80 63,2 44,2 83,6
Air transport ‘000 t   0   0   2   0 87,8 113,2 114,6
Transport via pipelines ‘000 t  2 010  2 244  9 225  2 136 95,2 106,3 100,7
Tonne-kilometres  Mln  26 804  23 823  105 466  26 083 109,5 97,3 91,9
Railway transport Mln   819   882  3 529   762 86,4 93,0 111,2
Road line transport Mln  3 511  3 138  13 659  3 570 113,8 101,7 100,2
Seawater and coastal transport Mln  21 928  19 165  85 989  21 170 110,5 96,5 89,8
Inland waterway transport2) Mln   13   9   37   6 62,9 45,6 109,8
Air transport Mln   0   0   1   0 88,7 108,9 112,2
Transport via pipelines Mln   534   628  2 250   575 91,5 107,8 104,0

1) Provisional data for 2023.
2) Transit is not included.

2 RAILWAY TRANSPORT

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Passengers carried1) ‘000  4 180  5 119  18 591  6 015 117,5 143,9 137,3
National transport1) ‘000  4 147  5 058  18 228  5 964 117,9 143,8 136,8
International transport1) ‘000   33   61   363   51 84,4 154,7 165,9
Passenger-kilometres1) Mln   141   259   815   308 118,9 218,0 150,9
National transport1) Mln   141   257   749   307 119,4 218,3 154,8
International transport1) Mln   1   2   65   1 62,3 156,4 117,6
Goods carried ‘000 t  3 995  3 907  16 257  3 548 90,8 88,8 107,1
National transport ‘000 t   868   692  3 243   617 89,1 71,1 106,4
International transport – loading ‘000 t  1 450  1 404  5 852  1 326 94,4 91,5 101,2
International transport – unloading ‘000 t   439   470  1 929   374 79,7 85,3 118,1
Transit ‘000 t  1 238  1 340  5 234  1 230 91,8 99,4 111,0
Tonne-kilometres Mln   819   882  3 529   762 86,4 93,0 111,2
National transport Mln   173   155   674   137 89,0 79,4 87,0
International transport – loading Mln   254   267  1 073   256 95,9 100,7 108,5
International transport – unloading Mln   143   164   668   131 80,0 91,6 141,1
Transit Mln   248   296  1 115   237 80,0 95,4 119,1
Out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods ‘000 t   251   340  1 374   288 84,6 114,4 98,2

1) Provisional data for 2023

3 ROAD LINE TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS BY COACHES

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Passengers carried ‘000  9 379  11 032  47 292  10 092 91,5 107,6 152,6
National transport ‘000  8 744  10 709  44 306  9 474 88,5 108,3 150,9
International transport ‘000   635   323  2 986   618 191,3 97,3 183,8
Passenger-kilometres Mln   705   887  3 224   874 98,6 124,0 134,7
National transport Mln   635   735  2 696   682 92,8 107,5 120,8
International transport Mln   70   151   529   192 126,8 274,3 326,7

4 URBAN TRANSPORT BY BUSES AND TRAMS

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Buses Number  1 310  1 351  1 351  1 328 98,3 101,4 102,6
Kilometres travelled by buses ‘000  16 276  16 847  66 010  16 988 100,8 104,4 101,8
Passengers carried ‘000  32 161  31 866  128 333  29 400 92,3 91,4 104,3
Trams1) Number   341   338   338   336 99,4 98,5 98,0
Kilometres travelled by trams ‘000  3 407  3 188  12 693  3 194 100,2 93,7 94,3
Passengers carried ‘000  29 694  31 969  119 735  28 909 90,4 97,4 100,1

1) Including motorised cars and trailers.

5 ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Goods carried – total ‘000 t  20 942  21 398  86 402  20 343 95,1 97,1 101,7
National transport ‘000 t  16 617  17 554  70 293  16 274 92,7 97,9 101,5
Dispatched to foreign countries ‘000 t  1 529  1 510  5 911  1 411 93,4 92,3 101,8
Received from foreign countries ‘000 t  1 326  1 172  5 062  1 477 126,0 111,4 96,8
Cross-trade transport ‘000 t  1 470  1 161  5 136  1 180 101,6 80,3 110,5
Tonne-kilometres Mln  3 511  3 138  13 659  3 570 113,8 101,7 100,2
National transport Mln  1 090  1 186  4 854  1 221 103,0 112,0 101,1
Dispatched to foreign countries Mln   795   720  3 017   768 106,6 96,5 98,9
Received from foreign countries Mln   712   664  2 741   851 128,1 119,4 100,8
Cross-trade transport Mln   913   568  3 047   731 128,5 80,0 99,7
Road transport of goods for hire or reward                  
Goods carried ‘000 t  11 124  12 188  46 813  10 737 88,1 96,5 101,6
Tonne-kilometres Mln  2 977  2 693  11 504  3 050 113,3 102,5 98,9
Road transport of goods for own account                  
Goods carried ‘000 t  9 818  9 210  39 589  9 606 104,3 97,8 101,9
Tonne-kilometres Mln   534   446  2 155   520 116,8 97,4 107,7
Out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods ‘000 t (664) (886)  3 750 (969) 109,4 145,9 96,2

6 TRANSPORT VIA PIPELINES

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Oil transport ‘000 t  1 264  1 361  5 794  1 349 99,1 106,7 85,1
Tonne-kilometres  Mln   373   468  1 634   414 88,5 110,9 97,7
Gas transport ‘000 t   746   883  3 431   787 89,2 105,6 145,9
Tonne-kilometres Mln   160   160   616   161 100,5 100,5 125,2

7 SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Passengers carried ‘000  1 405  1 914  14 261  1 506 78,7 107,2 116,1
National transport ‘000  1 401  1 897  14 128  1 499 79,0 107,0 115,6
International transport ‘000   4   17   133   7 39,3 165,6 223,4
Out of total, carried by ferries ‘000  1 128  1 479  11 134  1 204 81,4 106,8 112,6
Passenger-kilometres Mln   69   93   693   74 78,8 106,2 119,2
National transport Mln   68   89   665   72 80,6 105,3 116,9
International transport Mln   1   4   28   2 41,1 165,6 221,3
Goods carried ‘000 t  4 597  3 140  15 355  2 844 90,6 61,9 86,2
National transport ‘000 t   100   134   622   93 69,4 93,4 84,2
International transport ‘000 t  4 497  3 006  14 733  2 751 91,5 61,2 86,3
Tonne-kilometres Mln  21 928  19 165  85 989  21 170 110,5 96,5 89,8
National transport Mln   26   39   170   20 50,2 76,7 81,0
International transport Mln  21 902  19 126  85 820  21 150 110,6 96,6 89,9

8 AIR TRANSPORT

      Unit of measure 2022 2023 Indices
I – III X – XII I – XII I – III I – III 2023
X – XII 2022
I – III 2023
I – III 2022
I – XII 2022
I − XII 2021
Passengers carried ‘000   302   543  2 401   443 81,7 146,9 226,4
National transport ‘000   59   95   363   82 86,1 138,5 148,8
International transport ‘000   243   448  2 038   362 80,8 148,9 249,6
Passenger-kilometres Mln   339   663  2 923   499 75,3 147,3 316,4
National transport Mln   19   31   115   26 84,8 139,7 150,3
International transport Mln   320   632  2 808   473 74,9 147,7 331,4
Freight carried t   348   449  1 511   394 87,8 113,2 114,6
National transport t   9   15   103   9 60,0 100,0 127,2
International transport t   339   434  1 408   385 88,7 113,6 113,7
Tonne-kilometres ‘000   302   371  1 251   329 88,7 108,9 112,2
National transport ‘000   3   4   30   2 50,0 66,7 130,4
International transport ‘000   299   367  1 221   327 89,1 109,4 111,8

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 2023 will be published in May 2024 in Excel format on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics under Statistics in Line "Transport".

Data on traffic of ships, passengers and goods in seaports were published in the First Release TRAN-2023-3-1 "Traffic in Seaports", and data on traffic of passengers and freight in airports in the First Release TRAN-2023-2-1 "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.

Since the third quarter of 2022, data on inland waterway transport have been collected via the Inland Navigation Information System (ISUP) of the Ministry of Sea, Traffic and Infrastructure. Until the third quarter of 2022, the data were collected by the Report on Arrival of Vessels in Inland Waterway Ports and the Report on Departure of Vessels from Inland Waterway Ports. The data were 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 are 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 ten 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 (ten 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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