Basic Conditions of Transportation
Item	1996	1997	1998	1999
Length of Transportation Routes      (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation	5.67	5.76	5.76	5.79
Electrified Railways	1.01	1.20	1.30	1.40
Highways	118.58	122.64	127.85	135.17
Navigable Inland Waterways	11.08	10.98	11.03	11.65
Total Civil Aviation Routes	116.65	142.50	150.58	152.22
International Routes	38.63	50.44	50.44	52.33
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	1.93	2.04	2.31	2.49
Total Passenger Traffic         (10 000 persons)	1244722	1326094	1378717	1394413
Railways	94162	93308	95085	100164
National Railways	93550	91919	92991	97725
Local Railways	612	659	629	528
National and Local Railways		730	1465	1911
Highways	1122110	1204583	1257332	1269004
Waterways	22895	22573	20545	19151
Civil Aviation	5555	5630	5755	6094
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km)	9143.00	#######	10636.70	11299.70
Railways	3325.0	3584.9	3773.4	4135.9
National Railways	3322.0	3544.0	3691.0	4046.3
Local Railways	3.36	4.72	5.01	4.40
National and Local Railways		36.61	77.40	85.30
Highways	4909	5541	5943	6199.2
Waterways	161	156	120	107
Civil Aviation	748	774	800	857
Total Freight Traffic              (10 000 tons)	1296200	1278087	1267200	1292650
Railways	168803	172019	164082	167196
National Railways	161678	161880	153208	156881
Local Railways	7125	7854	8035	7296
National and Local Railways		2285	2839	3019
Highways	983860	976536	976004	990444
Waterways	127430	113406	109555	114608
Civil Aviation	115.0	124.7	140.1	170.0
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	15992	16002	17419	20232
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km)	#######	#######	38045.80	40495.60
Railways	12971	13253	12517	12838
National Railways	12922	13046	12261	12578
Local Railways	49	51	51	38
National and Local Railways		156.22	204.83	222.92
Highways	5011	5272	5483	5724
Waterways	17863	19235	19406	21263
Civil Aviation	24.9	29.1	33.5	42.3
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	585	579	606	628
Number of Civil Motor Vehicles Owned (10 000 units)	1100.08	1219.09	1319.30	1452.90
Number of Buses and Cars          (10 000 units)	488.02	580.56	654.83	740.23
Number of Seats in Buses and Cars (10 000 units)	6191.82	7269.93	7621.47	9239.81
Number of Trucks                  (10 000 units)	575.03	601.23	627.89	676.95
Ordinary Trucks	558.16	582.45	609.31	655.74
Trucks Capacity                    (10 000 tons)	2280.62	2287.51	2408.94	2730.42
Ordinary Trucks	2167.10	2167.87	2280.74	2581.87
Number of Other Motor Vehicles    (10 000 units)	1773.13	2214.83	2770.72	3456.96
Number of Motor Vehicles Owned by Highway	28.81	29.89	31.88	501.77
Departments                     (10 000 units)
Number of Motor Vehicles Owned by Individuals	289.67	358.36	423.65	533.88
(10 000 units)
Number of Civil Transport Vessels         (unit)
Motor Vessels	269879	215814	212093	194590
Barges	56128	49983	48115	47453
Sailing Boats	4946	6059	3368
Number of Private-Owned Transport Vessels (unit)
Motor Vessels	157370	147415	127130	113359
Barges	6533	9944	7290	7262
Sailing Boats	4556	3217	2934
Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports	85152	90822	92237	105162
(10 000 tons)
a) The statistical coverage of number of motor vehicles owned by highway departments has extended to motor vehicles of all society since 1999.