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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 198F

TRANSPORT, RELATED SERVICES SURVEY RESULTS OUT

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THERE WERE 33 736 TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION DURING THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1983, WITH 129 678 PERSONS ENGAGED, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

WHEN COMPARED WITH 1982, THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND PERSONS ENGAGED INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IN 1983, THESE ESTABLISHMENTS GENERATED $43 198 MILLION OF BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME, AND SPENT $5 620 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND 333 095 MILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES.

THEIR GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS (BEING ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS LESS PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF FIXED ASSETS) WERE 36 114 MILLION.

WHEN COMPARED WITH 1982, BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT, WHILE COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, OPERATING EXPENSES AND GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT, 21 PER CENT AND NINE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

THE SECTOR'S VALUE ADDED, REPRESENTING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GREW BY 21 PER CENT TO $11 634 MILLION IN 1983, FROM $9 616 MILLION IN 1982.

ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRANSPORT GROUP THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT IN 1983, +SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT+ ENJOYED THE LARGEST SHARE OF BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME, AT $16 207 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR TOTAL.

+OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ ACCOUNTED FOR ANOTHER 24 PER CENT. WHILE +AIR TRANSPORT+ TOOK UP 14 PER CENT, +LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ 12 PER CENT, LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ SIX PER CENT, +SUPPORTING SERVICES TO WATER TRANSPORT+ THREE PER CENT, +INLAND WATER TRANSPORT+ TWO PER CENT, AND SUPPORTING SERVICES TO LAND TRANSPORT+ ONE PER CENT.

+LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ CONTRIBUTED 28 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE ADDED IN THE SECTOR. THE REMAINING CONTRIBUTION WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY +OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ (20 PER CENT), +AIR TRANSPORT+ (16 PER CENT), +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ (13 PER CENT), +SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT+ (11 PER CENT), +SUPPORTING SERVICES TO WATER TRANSPORT+ (SIX PER CENT), +INLAND WATER TRANSPORT+ (FOUR PER CENT) AND + SUPPORTING SERVICES TO LAND TRANSPORT+ (THREE PER CENT).

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/THEN COLPARED