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30  Mar  2010
   

 The Nineteenth issue of “the annual bulletin of Transport and Communication is released

 
   

The Qatar Statistics Authority released the nineteenth issue of “the annual bulletin of Transport and Communication” at the State of Qatar. The bulletin contains detailed data about this activity, which includes land transport, water transportation, marine transport, shore transit, and air transportation, support transport activities, travel agencies activities, post activities, and telecommunications during 2008.

 
   


The bulletin showed that total number of establishments in transport and communication amounted to (947) establishments, among which (599) employ less than (10) employees, i.e. about (63%) of total establishments, while the number of establishments employing (10) or more employees was (348) establishments.
Total number of employees in establishment employing less than (10) employees amounted to (1639) persons and they received annual salaries of about (73) million Qatari Riyals (QR), while establishments employing (10) employees and more employed (54353) persons and received annual salaries of about (2911) million (QR). Number of Qatari working in this activity was (2712) persons while the number of non-Qatari was (53280) persons.
Gross value added (Gross Domestic Product) in transport and communication amounted to about (21200) million (QR), while net value added (after eliminating depreciation) amounted to (19323) million (QR.).
Average annual wage of employees in this activity was (53516 QR), and gross value added per worker was (378621QR).
Percentage of intermediate goods to production (e.g. raw material, packing, fuels, lubricants, electricity, water, stationary… etc.) is (22.6%), while percentage of services (e.g. maintenance, transportation, loading, unloading, rents of residential and non-residential buildings, rent of equipment machinery and transportation equipment… etc.) to production is (9.7%).
These data and other statistical data and indicators are available on Qatar Statistics Authority’s website: www.qsa.gov.qa