The total number of transported passengers in 2017, relative to the previous year, decreased by 6.6% and in domestic transport we saw a decrease of 7.3%. An increase of 2.6% was recorded in international transport. A decrease of 6.8% in the number of passengers carried is notable in road transport and of 7.4% in railway transport, while urban transport recorded an increase which is not comparable with the previous year due to changes in the methodology of measuring the number of passengers transported, made by the City of Belgrade. The total performance expressed in pkm increased by 1.4%, the domestic transport of passengers being down by 1.6%, and the international transport being up by 3.9%. A decrease in pkm traveled, when compared to the previous year, was noted in all modes of transport: road (0.6%), railway (14.2%), but urban transport saw an increase which is not comparable with the previous year. The exception is only air traffic that has recorded a growth of 6.5%.
The volume of transported goods in 2017, relative to the previous year, increased by 2.0%, with a simultaneous operations volume growth of 8.4%, expressed in tkm. Recorded was an increase in the average ton kilometer in land transport: from 304.2 km in 2016 to 326.3 km in 2017. A larger quantity of goods in 2017, relative to 2016, was transported by all modes of transport, except by inland waterways.
The number of transported passengers in railway transport, relative to the previous year, noted a fall of 7.4% and the performance expressed in pkm saw a fall of 14.2%. A fall of the performance was recorded in the domestic passenger transport and international transport. The quantity of goods carried is smaller in domestic goods transport, while larger in imports and exports and in transit.
The total number of passenger carried in road transport decreased, relative to the previous year, by 6.8%, the international passenger transport noting a growth of 8.2%. The total number of passengers carried in domestic transport decreased by 7.3%. The total volume of operations, shown in pkm, fell by 0.6%, recording a fall of 0.2% in domestic passenger transport, and of 1.9% in international passenger transport. The total quantity of goods carried in road transport in 2017, in relation to 2016, increased by 2.3%. The volume of operations, in tkm, increased by 15.8% which is indicative of a longer average journey.
Oil pipeline transport increased by 5.1%. In the same period, natural gas pipeline transport grew by 13.9%. The volume of operations, in tkm, is higher by 7.6% as far as crude oil transport is concerned, and by 12.0% in natural gas pipeline transport.
Air transport, as far as passengers carried and total operations volume are concerned, indicates growth. Transported passengers’ number, compared to the previous year, increased by 0.1%, and total operations volume by 6.5%. When we observe goods transport, the situation in air transport is similar. Namely, in 2017, when compared to 2016, we can notice a growth of quantities of goods transported, of 38.1%, and of total operations volume, of 102.5%.
The border traffic of road passenger vehicles coming into Serbia increased by 0.9% in 2017 if compared to 2016. The number of vehicles with national registration plates increased by 8.5% with simultaneous fall of 3.1% of vehicles with foreign registration plates. The number of freight vehicles which entered the national territory, increased over the same period by 10.1%, and those which exited it increased by 6.9%. Due to changes in the methodology of measuring the number of freight vehicles in transit, data are not comparable with previous years.
Compared to the previous year, there was a decrease of 14.4% of call minutes in fixed telephony. The initial communications in mobile telephony increased by 1.6%, and SMS decreased by 9.0%.Classic mailing, i.e. postal services in 2017, compared to 2016, noted the following movements: letter mails increased by 2.8%, parcels increased by 32.9% and payment traffic services decreased by 8.1%.
The total number of employees decreased by 3.4% in relation to the previous year.