The Transportation industry is essential to personal mobility and a prerequisite for achieving socio-economic progress. The industry is a key component of global production and supply chains, and a primary facilitator of international trade in goods and services. Emerging technologies and stricter environmental regulation are reshaping traditional transportation modes and driving investment in more efficient and sustainable transportation solutions.
Activities associated with the Transportation industry are transportation of passengers and cargo by road, rail, air and water, and the related support activities. Urban mobility, scenic and sightseeing transportation, courier and postal services, and pipeline transportation of oil and gas are also included in this industry.
China’s transportation sector is almost entirely dominated by state-owned corporations, as its development is viewed as a major driver for the country’s economic growth. The transportation sector saw remarkable improvements in the past ...
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Indonesia’s transportation sector plays an important role in the economic development of the archipelago country, which consists of more than 17,000 islands. The transportation and storage sector contributed 5.4% of GDP at current prices in ...
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The performance of the Colombian transportation sector is closely linked to the country’s overall economic situation. After remaining flat in 2016, the GVA of the transportation sector gradually accelerated, reaching a 4.1% y/y expansion in Q1 ...
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During the first quarter of 2019, there was an improvement in the currency exchange rate and oil prices, which had a positive effect on the air transportation sector in China. Demand remained strong, while the temporary grounding of all 96 of ...
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Transportation infrastructure and services are enablers of economic growth that Thailand has worked hard to enhance since a military-backed government came to power in the wake of a coup in 2014. Transportation and storage GVA accounted to 5.8% of ...
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China’s aviation sector is of key importance to the national economy, reflecting its increasing level of modernisation and robust growth. China’s vast territory and its geographical location assign the aviation sector a role that other ...
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The Philippine transportation sector accounted for 3.6% of national GDP in 2018. Though suffering from under-investment in recent decades, transportation has excellent prospects for the future as adding transport-related infrastructure has been among ...
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The overall value added by Brazil's transportation, warehousing and postal services posted a negative CAGR of 1.1% over the 2013-2018 period. The performance of the industry fell slightly below the country's GDP, which reported a CAGR 0.7% in the ...
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Malaysia’s transport and storage sector contributed MYR 46.5bn (3.4%) of the country’s GDP in 2017. Between 2013 and 2017, the GDP share of the sector was flat at 3.4% to 3.5%. The sector contributed approximately 657,400 jobs or 4.5% of ...
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Russia’s transportation sector generates over 6% of the country’s GDP and provides employment to 10% of the workforce. Russia is a net exporting country in terms of transport services, as exports exceeded imports by USD 5.4bn in 2017. ...
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