In freight transport, most goods were transported by road in June, passenger transport increased by 18.6%

In passenger transport, both passenger numbers and transport distances rose, but significantly slower than in the previous months. By 40% more passengers were transported by rail than last year. The decrease in the volume of goods transported by freight transport was caused by a decrease transport via pipeline.

In June 2022, passenger transport recorded an increase in the number of passengers for the sixth consecutive month. Their number increased by 18.6% compared to the corresponding period last year and reached 53.8 million persons, which represented the second highest figure in 2022. The number of passengers on trains increased by 40%. Road transport plays a role in the transport of passengers up to 88%.

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In June 2022, passenger transport performance, taking into account the length of the roads, reached 860 million passenger-kilometres, compared to last year, they were higher by almost a half. The high year-on-year growth was influenced by the increase in transport distances mainly in rail transport, where the number of passenger kilometers traveled increased by 48.9%.

Freight transport was affected only by road transport

The total volume of freight transport in June 2022 year-on-year reached higher values than a year ago (20.6 million tons, an increase by 3.7%). However, the volume of transport decreased month-on-month. In the long term, the overall performances in June reached a level of almost 90% of the values achieved in the corresponding pre-pandemic period (June 2019). An increase of transport in June was mainly hampered by dynamic year-on-year changes – decrease in rail and pipeline transport. Other types of transport, including pipeline, recorded a year-on-year decrease in volume of up to 27%.

A significant component - road transport, which represented more than 70% of the transported tons of goods, rose year-on-year. Enterprises¹⁾ transported 14.5 million tons by road, which was by 15.6% more than a year ago. Since the data from April 2022, the SOSR adjusted the monthly outputs (tables) on road freight transport²⁾ so that freight transport is reported together for all enterprises, regardless of the main business activity.

Although, the volume of goods carried by rail decreased by 5.2% year-on-year, approximately one-sixth of the goods was carried by rail.

In June 2022, freight transport performance, taking into account the transport distance, reached 3.3 billion tonne- kilometers (tkm), but they still did not exceed the values from the pre-Covid corresponding period of 2019, they improved by 3.6% year-on-year.

Development of turnover, employment and wages in June 2022

Turnover³⁾ of the transportation and storage was by 29.5% higher year-on-year in June. The result was mainly supported by the growth of the most important land transport and transport via pipelines, as well as the second largest division – warehouse and supporting activities. Turnover in air transport increased more than fourfold year-on-year, although this type of transport represents only a relatively small part of the section. Turnover of water transport more than doubled, and postal and courier activities by almost a fifth.

Employment in transportation and storage was higher by 2.8% year-on-year in the sixth month of 2022, mainly due to the influence of the two strongest divisions, namely in land transport and transport via pipelines by 1.6% and in warehousing and support activities by 7%. Significant growth was also recorded by the smallest divisions, water transport (by 22.3%) and air transport (by 45.9%). Only one division of the industry, postal and courier services, recorded a decrease by 0.2%.

The average nominal monthly wage in this industry reached EUR 1 175 in June, which represented an increase by 6.5% compared to the corresponding period a year ago. Real wages in the industry decreased by 5.9% after adjusting for inflation.

Transportation and storage for the first half of 2022

297.6 million people were transported by passenger transport, with a year-on-year growth by 53%. In rail transport, passenger transport increased by 77.4% and in road transport by 50.5%. Performance in passenger-kilometres increased by 74.2%.

In the first half of the year, 118.2 million tons of goods were transported by freight transport. Compared to the corresponding period of 2021, the transportation of goods increased by 3.4%. Performances in tonne-kilometres were higher by 3.2%.

Turnover in transportation and storage increased by 25.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2022. The number of employed persons increased by 2.3% since the beginning of 2022 compared to the corresponding period last year. The average nominal monthly wage increased by 7.2% year-on-year (to EUR 1 140) and the real wage decreased by 3.3%.

The data for the second quarter of 2022 has been revised and refined based on the results of the weekly survey in road freight transport.