Kosovo Agency of Statistics

Department of Economic Statistics

Zenel Salihu no. 4 , 10000, Pristina

The statistics are compiled and transmitted for the 4th quarter 2018 to Eurostat. The data collection follows the provisions of the following legal acts:

EU: Regulation (EC) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road (recast).

Road freight data collection consists of three datasets with quarterly periodicity:
1. Vehicle related variables dataset for a sample of road good motor vehicles contain data on age of the vehicle, the economic activity of the owner or user of the vehicle, the total kilometres loaded or empty, possibility of using vehicle for combined transport, axle configuration, maximum permissible laden weight, load capacity.
2. Journey related variables dataset contain data on type of journey, weight of goods, place of loading and place of unloading, distance travelled, tonne-kilometres performed during a journey, countries crossed in transit, place of loading/unloading on other means of transport, degree of loading.
3. Goods related variables dataset contain data on type of goods transported and their weight and distance travelled, place of loading and place of unloading, type of dangerous goods.

Statistics on carriage of goods by road apply the following statistical classifications:

• The type of goods transported by road was collected, until reference year 2007 (included), according to the 24 groups of goods following the "Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics/Revised (NST/R )", (see the RAMON classification server on Eurostat's web site).
• The regional coding is done in conformity with European legislation: "NUTS Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics" (see also RAMON/NUTS). Economic activity class of the vehicle owner is an optional variable. Data were collected according to NACE Rev. 1 until the end of 2007. From the beginning of 2008 onwards, the economic activity has been classified according to NACE Rev. 2 (see RAMON "Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (NACE Rev. 2)").
• Type of dangerous goods is a mandatory variable, but it is reported only for those goods that fall into this category. The classification is based on "European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road", Chapter 2.1, as published in Annex E of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98. Directive 2008/68/EC makes reference to ADR as regards the transport of dangerous goods by road.

The optional variable type of cargo follows the Classification of Cargo Types of UNECE (United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe - codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials, Recommendation 21 adopted by the Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures, Geneva, March 1986).

Road goods transport - goods transport with road goods vehicles with a load capacity more than 3.5 t; Road freight transport by private vehicles and by vehicles owned by companies. The survey is conducted by using the sample method.

The main concepts used in Road freight statistics are the following, more details can be found in the Road freight transport methodology manual : 

A goods road motor vehicle is any single road transport vehicle (lorry), or combination of road vehicles, namely road train (lorry with trailer) or articulated vehicle (road tractor with semi-trailer), designed to carry goods
Cross-trade is international road transport between two different countries performed by a road motor vehicle registered in a third country.
National transport is Road transport between two places (a place of loading and a place of unloading) located in the same country by a vehicle registered in that country. 
International transport is Road transport between two places (a place of loading and a place of unloading) in two different countries and cabotage by road. It may involve transit through one or more additional country or countries.
Cross trade is International road transport between two different countries performed by a road motor vehicle registered in a third country.
Transit is any loaded or empty road motor vehicle, which enters and leaves a country at different points by whatever means of transport, provided the total journey within the country is by road and that there is no loading or unloading in the country.
Goods carried by road are any goods moved by goods vehicle
Place of loading/unloading of a goods road vehicle on another mode of transport

• Place of loading (of the goods road transport vehicle on another mode of transport): The place of loading is the first place where the goods road motor vehicle was loaded on to another mode of transport (usually a ship or a rail wagon).
• Place of unloading (of the goods road transport vehicle from another mode of transport): The place of unloading is the last place where the goods road motor vehicle was unloaded from another mode of transport (usually a ship or a rail wagon).

The reporting unit for road freight transport statistics is the goods road transport vehicle (including road tractors) or the local unit (a site of a company and natural person)

As the total number of statistical units (most commonly vehicles) is very large, sample surveys are carried out to collect information.  

The data provided are goods vehicles registered in the Republic of Kosovo

The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) has compiled the publication with data on road transport, railway transport, air transport, and telecommunication with the statistical data on an annual basis from 2011 to 2019, for motor and non-motor vehicles as well as for roads in Kosovo, while statistical data on quarterly basis are from the year of 2011 to the second quarter of 2020 for air transport, railway transport and telecommunication.

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Data are collected in tonnes, tonne-kilometres, vehicle-kilometres and in number of journeys (journey data) or in number of basic transport operations (BTO (goods related data)).

The road data are collected on a quarterly basis and are reported to Eurostat five months after the end of the reference period.

National level:

• Law No. 04/L-036 on official statistics Republic of Kosovo

European level: 

• REGULATION (EU) N° 70/2012   

National level :

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From Eurostat :

Eurostat submits annually semi-aggregated data (data exchange tables, see Commission Regulation (EU) No 202/2010 amending the Commission Regulation (EC) 6/2003) back to the reporting countries so that they can compile the total road freight transport on their national territories, including the operations by national hauliers and also those of all other reporting countries.

These data exchange tables include more detailed breakdowns than the publicly available tables. They also include, for each value, the information on the number of observations that the estimates are based on. In this way, the reporting countries can estimate the reliability of results that they aggregate from the data exchange tables.

National level:

• Law No. 04/L-036 on official statistics Republic of Kosovo - Chapter IX Article no. 34 

European level:

• 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.

Regarding to Regulation (EU) No70/2012 the data are transmitted to Eurostat without indicating the name, address or registration number of the local unit or the road freight vehicle.

Data on transport statistics is published quarterly 30 days after the reference quarter in the form of a first release. Release dates are publicly available in the release calendar of the NSI.

The release calendar is publicly available on the website of the NSI.

https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/4624/publication-kalendari_2019.pdf

At the release data for transport statistics is available to all users at the same time.

For special data requests alternative evaluations can be offered.

KAS publish regular press releases linked to the data every quarter.

KAS publish the publication with data on road transport (number of vehicles, length of roads ), railway transport, air transport in quarterly basis . For more details:

https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/5566/transport-and-telecommunications-statistics-q2-2020.pdf

 Road freight transport statistics are not published yet, they were sent to Eurostat five months after the reference quarter. (Referring the 4th quarter of 2018).

KAS publish regular press releases linked to the data every quarter.

Road freight transport statistics are not published yet, they were sent to Eurostat five months after the reference quarter. (Referring the 4th quarter of 2018).

KAS publish the publication with data on road transport (number of vehicles, length of roads ), railway transport, air transport in quarterly basis . For more details:

https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/5566/transport-and-telecommunications-statistics-q2-2020.pdf

Road freight transport statistics are not published yet, they were sent to Eurostat five months after the reference quarter. (Referring the 4th quarter of 2018).

KAS publish the publication with data on road transport (number of vehicles, length of roads ), railway transport, air transport in quarterly basis . For more details:

https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/5566/transport-and-telecommunications-statistics-q2-2020.pdf

Here is the link to online data base for transport statistics 

http://askdata.rks-gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/sq/askdata/askdata__Transport/?rxid=64bb3fce-d950-41e0-9898-29d962eb5504

For transport statistics, there is no access to microdata

Road transport statistics sent to Eurostat are not published yet, they were delivered  five months after the reference quarter. (Referring the 4^th quarter of 2018)

National characteristics of surveys, conducted in the reporting countries in 2017, were published in Methodologies used in surveys of road freight transport in Member States, EFTA and Candidate Countries. This latter publication also contains data on response rates, vehicle registers' quality, sampling rates and statistical errors in surveys carried out in 2016.

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There is no any tool for quality assurance. For the data of 4^th quarter 2018 data were validated through excel, using some criteria based on the Road freight transport methodology  

Standard methods and definitions of quality (standard error, response rate, quality of vehicle register) are used in the survey.

The key users of road transport statistics are:

• Ministry of Economic Development
• Universities and research institutions
• Economic chambers and similar institutions
• Private users interested in road freight transport statistics

No survey on user needs has been conducted

The data collection on road transport statistics follows the provisions of Regulation 70/2012. All variables are provided 

Survey on Road Freight Transport is conducted on a sample basis. The percentage standard error of the annual total and national transport estimates is 5%

The percentage standard error of the annual estimates for tonne transported, tonne kilometres performed and total kilometres travelled loaded for total goods transport and for national goods road transport must not exceed 5%.

Overcoverage rate represents the number of vehicles included in the sample but not actually belonging to the target population. There are vehicles that for some reason do not perform transport activities. Vehicles included in the overcoverage are vehicles out of operation, vehicles temporarily out of operation, vehicles with load capacity of less than 3.5 tonnes and vehicles that do not perform transport activities.

Non-response is the failure of a survey to collect data on all survey variables from all the population units in a sample. The difference between the statistics computed from the collected data and those that would be computed were there no missing values is the non-response error. The number of non-response includes vehicles for which no reports were received or for which reporting units refused to submit a response.

 According to respondent's information, some vehicles are off the limits of loading capacity of a certain stratum so they are moved to the other stratum.

During the processing stage, incorrect use of planned methods of processing may occur, especially concerning the coding of response data provided in free text format. Visual check and comparison with other data sources may help to minimise errors.

Data are normally updated once per quarter.

If new annual data (all four quarters of a calendar year) have become available, the annual datasets are also updated together with the quarterly datasets.

Road freight data are transmitted to Eurostat within 5 months after the end of the reference period, as specified in the Regulation (EU) 70//2012.

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Refering to the collection of 4th quarter 2018, number of questionnaires per quarter was 598. Time spent to fill in a questionnaire (hours) is 0.3. Envelopes and postal costs are on the respondents.

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Sampling register used for the survey referring to the 4^th quarter 2018 

Name of register: 

Vehicle register

Name of organisation who maintains the register: 

Ministry of internal affairs

Frequency of update: 

Continuously

Frequency of access to draw the samples: 

Once a quarter

Arrangements for accessing the register: 

Once a quarter

Information obtained from the register: 

registration mark, type of vehicle, body type, main use of vehicle, mark of vehicle, first registration, load capacity, maximum permissible weight, name and address of owner of vehicle, number of axles.

Procedure for reminders:

Referring  to the 4^th 2018 , we have been collecting data via paper

First reminder sent 5 days after the end of reference period.

Second reminder for paper sent 10 days after the end of reference period, questionnaire and instructions are sent again with paper reminder.

Phone reminder paper questionnaire: 18 days after the end of reference period non-respondents are reminded by phone.

Data are collected weekly

Sampling methodology referriing to the 4th quarter 2018

Statistical unit:  Tractive vehicle

Types of units excluded: 

Agricultural vehicles, military and public service vehicles and special purpose vehicle such as truck cranes, fire-engine vehicles, road maintenance vehicles and other special purpose vehicles.

Vehicles with load capacity less than 3.5 tonnes.

Time unit: 1 week

Time unit of quarter 4 of 2018  included in the survey: All (13 weeks)

Stratification: 

Lorries 3.5 – 7.5 ton

Lorries 7.5 – 10.5 ton

Lorries below 10.5 ton

Road Tractors

Recording of weight of goods: Gross weight of goods is collected

Recording journey data sent to Eurostat: 

Single stop: In case of carrying more than one type of goods, respondents can record only the type of good with the largest weight.

Multi stop: recorded by vertical stages. In case of carrying more than one type of good, respondents can record only the type of goods with the largest weight. Multi-stop journeys are recorded only for national transport.

Collection/delivery: In case of carrying more than one type of goods, respondents can record only the type of good with the largest weight. Collection/delivery journeys are recorded only for national transport.

Estimation of maximum permissible laden weight:

Calculation of weighting factor : 

Optional variables covered:

Additional variables collected compared to the legal requirements:

Environmental impact-related variables/

A1. Vehicle-related variables:

• possibility of using vehicles for combined transport (YES)
• axle configuration according to the nomenclature defined in the Regulation on road transport statistics (YES)
• vehicle operator’s NACE Rev. 2 at class level (four-digit level) (YES)

A2. Journey-related variables:

• place of loading, if any, of the road transport vehicle on another means of transport (YES)
• place of unloading, if any, of the road transport vehicle from another means of transport (YES)
• situation ‘fully loaded’ (procedure 2) or ‘not fully loaded’ (procedure 1) of the goods road transport vehicle during the journey in question, in terms of maximum volume of space used during the journey (procedure 0 = by convention for unladen journeys) (YES)

A3. Goods-related variables:

• type of freight (Cargo types) as defined in the Regulation (YES)

There is no any tool for data validation. For the data of 4^th quarter 2018 data were validated through excel, using some criteria based on the Road freight transport methodology

After various plausibility checks, the data received from owner or user of vehicles are compiled into quarterly data following the structure of the data sets which are present by regulation (EC) 70/2012. Data are aggregated on country level.

Road freight data are not seasonally adjusted.

All answers are related to 4^th quarter 2018, a pilot survey was conducted.