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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1986

THEIR GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS (BEING ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS LESS PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF FIXED ASSETS) WERE $5 005 MILLION.

WHEN COMPARED WITH 1983, BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT; COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES BY 11 PER CENT AND OPERATING EXPENSES BY 25 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS DECREASED BY 18 PER CENT.

THE SECTOR'S VALUE ADDED (REPRESENTING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT) GREW BY 13 PER CENT TO $13 103 MILLION IN 1984, FROM $11 634 MILLION IN 1983.

ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRANSPORT GROUP, THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT IN 1984, +SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT+ ENJOYED THE LARGEST SHARE OF BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME, AT $21 519 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR TOTAL.

+OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ ACCOUNTED FOR ANOTHER 23 PER CENTS +AIR TRANSPORT+ TOOK UP 15 PER CENT; +LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ 11 PER CENT +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ FIVE 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 29 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE SECTOR. THE SECTOR'S REMAINING CONTRIBUTION WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY +OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ (22 PER CENT); +AIR TRANSPORT+ (15 PER CENT); +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ (11 PER CENT) SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT+ (11 PER CENT) +SUPPORTING SERVICES TO WATER TRANSPORT+ (5 PER CENT) +INLAND WATER TRANSPORT+ (4 PER CENT); AND SUPPORTING SERVICES TO LAND TRANSPORT+ (2 PER CENT).

WHEN COMPARED WITH 1983, +SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT+ SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME (33 PER CENT); FOLLOWED BY +AIR TRANSPORT+ (29 PER CENT); +SUPPORTING SERVICES TO LAND TRANSPORT+ (23 PER CENT) +SUPPORTING SERVICES TO WATER TRANSPORT+ (21 PER CENT) +OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ (18 PER CENT); +LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ (17 PER CENT); AND INLAND WATER TRANSPORT+ (13 PER CENT). +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+, HOWEVER, REGISTERED A DECREASE OF FIVE PER CENT.

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