CHAPTER SEVEN

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION AND STORAGE

This chapter deals with statistics of storage and transport by roads ,railways and sea including the data of the general directorate of ports and of the two companies of both Lattakia & Tartous ports , or by air which indicates the country airports traffics , as well as with statistics relating to wire and wireless communication P , T , T , and traffic accidents and some data on storage .

Road transport statistics include distance between the center of almohafzat , length of roads by types in a time series of five

years transportation distributed by type , group , and mohafzat , and means registered transport in the country alluding ta investment

lan no ( 10 ) movement of goods within & outside the Syrian Arab republic territories in addition to the traffic accident statistics

which indicate number of accidents in the country distributed by types .

It also includes statistics of transit in the Syrian Arab republic defined as follows :

-Ordinary transit : from an Arab country to a foreign one in which individual are engage apersonal guarantee .

-International transit : from a foreign country to a foreign or Arab one held by companies granted permission by the customs .

- Arab transit : from an Arab country to another Arab one participation in the Arab transport agreement & is carried out by specialized companies .

Road transport data are collected from the ministries of transport communication local administration and related agencies transport organization , offices , customs , the internal security administration , and the tourist companies .

Railway statistics comprise :

Length of tracks and number Of railway transportation including rolling stocks , passengers and goods transportation in a time series of five years .

These data are compiled by the Syrian Railway general organization as well as by the general organization of the Hijaz railway .

Marine transport statistics showing the number of tankers of ships coming into Syrian ports and leaving then , their fright exported , and imported commodities through the Lattakia and Tartous ports , distributed by type Of commodities , and the number of passengers , the source of these data is the general directorate of Syrian ports .

Air transport statistics : show civil aviation traffic in the Syrian airports including arriving and departing aircraft with their loading of goods and passengers . these data are issued by the general directorate of civil aviation .

P . P . T . statistics show The number of P . P . T . centers Post parcels , mail money Orders by post and telegram Internal and external telephone Calls and post office boxes In addition to modern Services including the number Of subscribers in faxes And telexes data transfer And numerical integrated net All figures of P . P . T . Are obtained from the General organization for Telecommunication .

Storage statistics : data Show storage and refrigeration Units and grain silos . all Figures are obtained from General company of storage And refrigeration and general Company of grain silos & Private sector directorate in The ministry of industry .