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Johannesburg - The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 8.9% in August 2016 compared with August 2015, Statistics SA said on Monday.
The corresponding income increased by 13.3% over the same period.
Income from freight transportation increased by 7.7% in the three months ended August 2016 compared with the three months ended August 2015. The main contributors to this increase were primary mining and quarrying products (14.7%) and manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (31.8%).
Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 1.4% in the three months ended August 2016 compared with the three months ended May 2016. Road freight grew by 4.4%, but this was partially offset by a decline of 5.9% in rail freight.
Passenger transportation
The number of passenger journeys decreased by 14.9% in August 2016 compared with August 2015. The corresponding income decreased by 1.1% over the same period.
Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 2.0% in the three months ended August 2016 compared with the three months ended May 2016. The main contributor to this decrease was road transportation (-4.5%).
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