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maritime transport. The national maritime profiles of 33 LAC countries have basic statistics and cover the main harbor maritime sectors. The source of the statistics is the Foreign Trade Data Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean (BADECEL), managed by the Statistics and Economic Projections Division of ECLAC. Country data are processed by national customs services. Due to the large quantity of data, it is possible to formulate more detailed queries, combining the different fields of information covered by the database. It is available on the web.

# _<u>Statistical Office of The European Communities (EUROSTAT) Transportation Statistics</u>_

EUROSTAT maintains several databases on transportation (air, rail, road, oil pipeline, internal waterways and multimodal). These databases provide detailed information on cargo and passenger traffic, including the results of Community questionnaires.

Long term indicators include: Volume of freight, passenger transport, Transport growth, and Goods transport. Sustainable Development indicators include: Energy consumption of transport, Car share, Road share, Emissions of air pollutants from transport activities.

# _<u>Glossary for Transport Statistics</u>_

Document prepared by the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Transport Statistics. EU, UNECE, ECMT, 2003. A helpful resource of terms used in transport statistics. The Glossary for Transport Statistics was published for the first time in 1994 with the purpose of assisting member countries during the collection of data on transport made by the UNECE, ECMT and Eurostat through the Common Questionnaire. The Glossary now comprises 533 definitions and represents a point of reference for all those involved in transport statistics. It covers railway transport, road transport, inland waterway transport, oil pipeline transport, maritime transport, and intermodal transport.

# _<u>International Road Federation (IRF) World Road Statistics</u>_

The International Road Federation (IRF) publishes _World Road Statistics_ , available online for its members. Data 1997 to 2001 covering up to 189 countries: road networks; production & export of vehicles; first registration and import of vehicles; vehicles in use; road traffic; multimodal traffic comparisons; motor fuels; road accidents, rates & basis of assessment of road user taxation; examples of taxation for five common categories of motor vehicle; annual receipts from road user taxation; road expenditure.

# _<u>US Bureau of Transport Statistics (USBTS)</u>_

BTS is the only source in the U.S. government for data on U.S. merchandise trade with Canada and Mexico transported by surface modes of transportation. This will include air and water data on the searchable online database in the future. U.S. International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends features over 80 figures and tables and analysis, covering topics from modal trends to security to trade in transportation goods and services. It reviews the linkage between transportation and international travel, examines changing patterns in modal shares, geography and purpose of travel, and identifies key influencing factors. Particular attention is paid to air travel and security issues.

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