National Statistical Institute

"Short-term Business Statistics and Transport Statistics" Department

Marin Toshev

State expert

2, P.Volov Str. Sofia 1038, Bulgaria

mtoshev@nsi.bg

+ 359 9857 190

Goods carried measures the total volume of the transported goods by the railway transport between two places (place of loading and place of unloading).

Transport performance measured in tonne-kilometres corresponds to the transportation of one tone over one kilometre by the railway transport.

· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008) - 49.20 Freight rail transport;

· Unique Classification for transported goods NST 2007;

· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria - NUTS.

Data refer to the transportation of goods by the railway transport on the main routes, as well on short distances.

According to Glossary for transport statistics - Geneva which provides data comparability at European level.

Railway undertakings licensed for performing freight carriages at Bulgarian territory.

Railway undertakings that perform freight carriages.

National and international carriages

Since I^st quarter of 2000.

Not applicable.

Thousand tonnes; million tkm

Quarter, year

· Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics;

· Commission Regulation (EC) No 1192/2003 of 3 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics;

· Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2007 of 27 March 2007 on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics.

Common questionnaire of Eurostat, UN and ITF.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Data are not confidential.

Data are published according to the deadlines set in the National statistical program and the Release calendar - 60 days after the end of the reference period.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data are published on the internet site of NSI and can be accessed from all users of statistical information.

Quarterly and annual

Press release on transport

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· "Bulgaria" (brochure).

Data on goods carried and transport performance are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Transport and Communications - Other annual data -Transport - Railway transport: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7185

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

· Methodology on railway transport statistics;

· Reference Manual on Railway Transport Statistics issued by Eurostat.

Not applicable.

Logical and arithmetical control of quarterly and annual data.

Common methods applied by Eurostat for quality assessment, incl. mirror checks for the international carriages.

Main users are state institutions, different organizations and specialized in the sector enterprises.

Not applicable.

Only Bulgarian railway operators are covered.

High percentage of accuracy and reliability.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

According to the set deadlines.

According to the requirements of Regulation 91/2003/EO.

· For national carriages ? by region of loading and region of unloading;

· For international carriages ? by country of loading and country of unloading.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Cost and Burden for the survey are defined according the National Statistical Program for each reference year.

Data revision is made when it is necessary.

According to rules set by Eurostat.

The information is from survey of enterprises with main activity according to NACE BG 2008 - Class 49.20 Freight rail transport.

Quarterly, Annual

The survey is exhaustive.

By necessity validation checks of transmitted data series are made.

Data are aggregated before publishing and dissemination.

Not applicable.

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