1 practical applications and approaches on sits transportation in australia

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Practical Applications Practical Applications and Approaches on and Approaches on

SITSSITS

Transportation in AustraliaTransportation in Australia

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Overview

• What are transportation Services

• Australian specific:– Data sources– Detailed definitions by type of transportation service– Collection vehicles– Adjustments made etc– Publication format

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Definition

• Transportation Services cover services provided by all modes of transportation performed by residents of one economy for those of another

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Transportation Services

• Includes:• Carriage of passengers (passenger)

• Movement of goods (freight)

• Rentals (charters) of carriers with crew (freight)

• Also includes supporting and auxiliary services such as:– Cargo handling

– Navigation fees

– Maintenance and cleaning of carriers

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Transportation Services

• Excludes:• Cruise Fares (Travel)

• Transportation within economy of provider (Travel)

• Goods procured in ports (Goods)

• Major repairs of transport equipment (goods)

• Repairs of facilities, for example:– Railway (Construction services)

– Harbours (Construction services)

– Docks (Construction services)

– Airfields (Construction services)

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Transportation Services

• In the EBOPS transportation services are classified:– By type of carrier:

• Sea• Air• Other

– By functional category:• Passenger• Freight• Other

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Australian Data Sources

• Survey of International Trade in Services• BOP 24 – Non-Resident Producers of Sea Transportation

Services

• BOP 25 – Australian Resident Producers of Sea Transportation Services

• BOP 30 – Non-Resident Producers of Air Transportation Services

• BOP 31 – Australian Resident Producers of Air Transportation Services

• International Merchandise Trade (imports) – used to model freight services debits

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Transportation Services

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Passenger Services - Definition

• All services provided between Australians and abroad, or between two foreign economies, involving the international transportation of non-resident persons by resident carriers (credit) and of resident persons by non-resident carriers (debit)

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Passenger services - in practice

• Residents report revenue earned from international tickets sold abroad

• Non-residents report revenue earned from ticket sales in Australia

• Adjustments are made to passenger fare earnings by resident and non-resident carriers

• Domestic transportation involving non-residents within Australia is included in travel services

• All transportation of residents overseas (ie on carriage, internal transportation) are included in transportation debits

• Cruise fares are excluded from transportation

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Freight Services

• Includes the transportation of – Goods– Oil platforms– Floating cranes and dredges

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Physical Movement of Goods

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Transportation Debits

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Calculation of freight - Debits

• Modelled using imports data• CIF less FOB = value of freight and insurance• Model estimates freight as a % of total freight and insurance• Freight on imports provided by residents is removed from

total freight• Calculate freight on petroleum separately from

other goods

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Freight - Credits

• Collected in the Survey of International Trade in Services – on the resident transportation forms– BOP 25 – Australian Resident Producers of Sea

Transportation Services– BOP 31 – Australian Resident Producers of Air

Transportation Services

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Other Transportation Services

• Includes a variety of services provided by residents to non-resident (and vice versa) including:– Cargo handling (loading an unloading of containers etc)

– Storage and warehousing

– Customs agency services

– Counter and baggage services

– Maintenance and operations

– Agency fees associated with passenger and freight transportation

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Confidentiality

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Publication

• In Australia we publish transportation by type of service, that is:– Passenger, freight and other

• International standards call for dissection by mode of transportation:– Sea, air, other (NB rail, road are not applicable for

Australia)

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