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# _<u>International Air Transport Association (IATA)</u>_

The International Air Transport Association offers two main statistical publications. “World Air Transport Statistics” contains data on individual IATA member airlines, including number of passengers carried, freight tons carried, kilometers flown for international, domestic and systemwide operations by year, fleet information, aircraft utilization, financial results, number of employees by airline, as well as summary analyses of main trends in passenger and freight traffic.

“Custom Statistical Reports” allow customers to order and configure air traffic reports for information on specific markets - passenger or freight-, on specific locations -airports or regionsand for the periods of interest. Regional Outlook provides with highlights on the air transport activity in one specific region for one specific year. Industry Outlook provides with international air traffic figures for one specific year. Airport Outlook provides with international traffic information for one specific airport for one month or one year.

<u>ICAOData.com</u> is IATA’s new website which increases the availability and visibility of the ICAO statistical data on the air transport industry. The website delivers ICAO’s air transport statistics in a user-friendly interface allowing for easy access and analysis. The database contains detailed financial, traffic, personnel and fleet information for commercial air carriers. It also holds Traffic by Flight Stage (TFS) information for air carriers. Financial and traffic data for airports and air navigation service providers will be added later in 2005. On-flight Origin/Destination statistics will also be added in 2005.

# **_2.4.2 Maritime Transport Costs_**

Sources for data on Maritime Transport Costs include the following:

# _<u>Maersk Sealand</u>_

Online business services offer: Schedules by location or vessel, Rates of exchange applicable to shipments, port to port freight rates and surcharges, cutoff times for ports within a country/region, and standard transport statements and certificates.

Data on maritime transport cost can be downloaded per origin and destination from the query rates. The rates vary depending upon the requested origin and destination and are constructed from a combination of ocean, truck, and rail charges. Rate quote may not include local destination charges such as, but not limited to, Cleaning, Port fees, Overweight charges, Documentation fees, or Customs inspections.

# _<u>US Department of Transportation (USDOT)</u>_

The monthly U.S. foreign waterborne transportation statistics are based on the U.S. Bureau of the Census trade data matched to the U.S. Customs vessel entrances and clearances. The cargo summary contains value and weight information by type of service on U.S. waterborne imports and exports.

Maritime transport costs, referring only to US and its trade partner countries are available through the “US Import Waterborne Databank" CDs. This includes a detailed breakdown on liner transport charges, import values, the percentage of containerized cargo, total imports carried by liners, and the market share of tramp services. The containerization variable is 28 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________