Transport and communications

Freight shipped is the total quantity of goods expressed in tons (gross), shipped.

Freight transported refers to the total freight loaded and shipped by selected type of carrier (trucks, railway coaches, sea and river vessels and aeroplanes) or pipelines. Freight is measured in tons (pumping of gas or ammonia is measured in tons or cubic meters).

Freight traffic is measured as the weight of shipped freight multiplied by the distance of shipping every lot. It is measured in ton-kilometers (sea shipment is measured in ton-miles).

Export freight refers to the shipment of freight produced in Ukraine and shipped abroad.

Import freight refers to the arrival of freight from foreign countries and destined for Ukrainian consumers.

Transit freight shipment incorporates transportation of externally produced goods through the Ukraine’s territory, not for use by Ukrainian customers. Transit freight transportation can also include reloading from one transport to another, warehousing, splitting cargo to smaller lots, etc.

Passengers carried is the total number of passengers admitted for transport.

Transport passengers is the total number of passengers transported by category of carrier (busses, motor cars, trolley buses, trams, passenger railway coaches, sea and river vessels and airplanes).

Passenger traffic is the total activity of passenger transport. This equals the total number of passengers (passenger groups) transported multiplied by passenger-kilometer (passenger-miles for water transport).

Intracity transport refers to passenger transportation within the boundaries of an inhabited locality.

Commuter transport includes passenger transportation by routes, the length of which does not exceed 50 km regardless of administrative division apart from city routes.

Long-distance transport refers to passenger transportation by routes, the length of which exceed 50 km and which are within boundaries of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, region (inter-oblast) or are outside the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, region (interregional).

Density of the transport network is the length of the transportation network per unit of Ukraine’s territory.

Intensity of freight and passenger transport, by type of routes shows how the road network is used when transporting freight or passengers. Estimated by dividing the volume of transport activity by the length of the road network.

Average distance of transport is defined by dividing freight and passenger traffic by the quantity of shipped freight and transported passengers respectively.

Products (services) by communication companies is the volume of services rendered by communication companies to households, businesses, organisations, establishments and other consumers (delivery of newspapers, magazines, letters, telegrams, money orders and  pensions mailed,  long-distance and international telephone phone calls made).