Freight Ton-Kilometers
(100 million ton-km)
Year	Total	Railways				Highways	Waterways	Civil Aviation	Petroleum and Gas Pipelines
			National Railways	Local Railways	Joint-venture Railways
1978	9829	5345.2	5333.5	11.7		274.1	3779.2	0.97	430
1980	12026	5716.9	5707.3	9.6		764.0	5052.8	1.41	491
1985	18365	8125.7	8111.6	14.1		1903.2	7729.3	4.15	603
1989	25591	10394.2	10373.0	21.2		3374.8	11186.8	6.90	629
1990	26207	10622.4	10601.2	21.2		3358.1	11591.9	8.20	627
1991	27986	10972.0	10948.1	23.9		3428.0	12955.4	10.10	621
1992	29218	11575.6	11548.5	27.0		3755.4	13256.2	13.42	617
1993	30510	11954.6	11923.4	31.2		4070.5	13860.8	16.61	608
1994	33261	12457.5	12426.2	31.4		4486.3	15686.6	18.59	612
1995	35730	12870.3	12836.0	34.2		4694.9	17552.2	22.30	590
1996	36577	13093.0	12921.9	48.6	122.5	5011.2	17862.5	24.93	585
1997	38368	13253.3	13046.4	50.7	156.2	5271.5	19235.0	29.10	579
1998	38046	12517.1	12261.5	50.7	204.8	5483.4	19405.8	33.45	606
1999	40496	12838.4	12577.9	37.6	222.9	5724.3	21263.0	42.30	628
2000	44212	13662.6	13336.1	43.6	282.9	6129.4	23734.2	50.27	636
2001	47591	14575.1	14249.8	55.4	270.0	6330.4	25988.9	43.72	653
2002	50543	15515.6	15078.2	62.8	374.6	6782.5	27510.6	51.55	683
2003	53859	17247.0				7099.0	28716.0	57.90	739
a) Since 1979, the freight traffic by highways has included the volume transported by trucks of non-highway departments. Since 1984, it has also included the volume transported by privately owned trucks.