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| Taiwan Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau reported in early February that cargo volume handled by the port in 2008 fell
by 5.7%, reflecting growing competition from Asian ports and lower shipping demand. ... |
| Spain Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In late July 2008 it was announced that British Airways (BA) and Iberia had initiated merger talks to
create what could be the worldfs third-largest airline. ... |
| Spain Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The long requested change in vehicle registration tax, which came into effect from the beginning of 2008,
cost the Spanish auto industry a whopping 29.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) fall in its new vehicle sales by the
end of 2008, estimates from the Spanish a ... |
| South Korea Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| South Korean vehicle manufacturers became reliant on overseas markets to achieve growth in 2008, as
domestic sales fell by 5.1% to 1.15mn units. ... |
| Slovenia Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In late November 2008, transport minister Patrick Vlacic said Slovenia would not be introducing shortterm
road toll stickers (also known as vignettes) in the immediate future, but would consider the
possibility as part of a review of the road tax system ... |
| Slovakia Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Slovakiafs plans to introduce an electronic road toll system from January 2009 appear to have run into
legal difficulties over the tendering process. ... |
| Singapore Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Singaporefs new vehicle sales fell by 9% in 2008, although industry representatives believe it could have
been much lower. ... |
| Peru Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Transportadora de Gas del Peru (TGP), which operates twin natural and liquefied natural gas (LNG)
pipelines from the Camisea fields in the central jungle to Perufs coast was reported to be in discussions
with the government to more than double capacity ... |
| Peru Autos Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Perufs new car market continues to post impressive levels of growth. As BMI highlights in the newly
published Peru Automotives Report for 2009, new car sales in the country soared by over 80% year-onyear
(y-o-y) in 2008, defying the deepening global ec ... |
| Pakistan Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Syed Naveed Qamar, Pakistan' s Federal Minister of Ports and Shipping, stated in October 2008 that the
problem of congestion at the country' s ports, which was hampering their operations and causing delays
for the shipping and the import and export comm ... |
| Pakistan Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Pakistanfs automotive industry is continuing in a slump which began in the previous financial year and
according to BMIfs recently published Pakistan Automotives Report, the industryfs performance this year
will be even worse. In FY08, which ended in ... |
| Oman Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In December 2008, contractors were preparing their expressions of interest (EOI) for the US$200mn
concession to construct a deepwater bulk jetty at the Port of Sohar, Oman. The new jetty will cater for the
needs of Brazilfs Vale mining company, which i ... |
| Nigeria Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In October 2008, Nigeria' s federal government said it estimated that the country would need at least
US$510bn-worth of investments in infrastructure over the next decade. BMI is optimistic about the
strides the government has been taking to increase th ... |
| Mexico Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In late 2008, the Guaymas expansion project was announced by Mexico' s Secretariat of Communications
and Transport. The tendering process will be overseen by the Administracion Portuaria Integral de
Guaymas. The tender is for construction and operation ... |
| Malaysia Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| According to local newspaper The Star, Malaysia' s Penang Port is forecasting flat growth in 2009 as a
result of the global economic downturn, which is affecting the country' s manufacturing sector. The port
registered a decline in cargo volumes of 6.84 ... |
| Malaysia Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Malaysiafs automotive industry achieved its second-highest ever sales in 2008, as the market exceeded
the expectations of the countryfs industry association. Sales rose by 12.5% to 548,115 units, exceeding
the 510,000 units projected by the Malaysian ... |
| Lithuania Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Klaipeda port handled 20.64mn tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2008, an increase of 13.4% on
the comparable period in 2007. The increase came despite a dip in August, when traffic volume was down
4.3% on the year, according to Klaipeda Port ... |
| Latvia Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In August, transport minister Ainars Slesers said he expected road building activity to triple in 2009
relative to 2008 levels. eWe need a dynamic development plan to carry out new, large scale road
construction projects in four years at the latest, en ... |
| Kenya Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Kenya' s President Mwai Kibaki said in October 2008 that Kenya would need to see infrastructure
investments of US$4.5bn over the following five years for improvements to the country' s infrastructure.
Kenya is the most developed country in East Africa a ... |
| Kazakhstan Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Kazakhstan is to pump 5bn cubic metres per year (cmy) of natural gas to China through the Central Asian
pipeline from 2014 onwards, according to Vice Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Duisenbay
Turganov, speaking in December 2008. The pipeline l ... |
| Japan Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| As a market that is already near saturation point, it is unsurprising that Japan has suffered during the
global automotive slowdown, albeit for different reasons to most other markets. BMIfs recently published
Japan Automotives Report shows that sales ... |
| Italy Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The Italian transport sector suffered a number of strikes and stoppages in 2008. On November 10, railway
and mass transit workers went on a strike, coinciding with a wildcat protest by Rome-based staff at
Alitalia, which forced the financially troubled ... |
| Italy Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Italian automotive manufacturer Fiat makes yet another attempt to expand its market to North America
and a step forward towards increasing its presence in the Central and Eastern European market. On the
other hand, in its latest Italy Automotives Report ... |
| Iran Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The Iranian automotive industry is likely to miss its targets as high inflation and dampened consumer
demand continue to weigh down car sales, according to BMIfs latest Iran Automotives Report. Official
statistics show that car production is growing an ... |
| Indonesia Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In January of this year, the European Unionfs air safety chief, Roberto Salvarini, said that Indonesia had
not yet made enough progress in raising its aviation safety standards to justify lifting the EUfs ban on the
countryfs airlines. The EU ban on ... |
| Indonesia Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Indonesiafs automotive industry performed well amid the global downturn in 2008 to register sales
growth of 39.3% to 603,774 units and become the second-largest vehicle market in the ASEAN region.
However, BMIfs recently published Indonesia Automotive ... |
| India Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released a report in February 2009 on India' s construction industry
which forecasts an investment of more than US$500bn over the next three years. With growth in the
global construction industry set to decline over the shor ... |
| Hong Kong Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Hong Kong' s air cargo throughput slumped by more than 29% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December 2008,
following a drop of 19% y-o-y in November. According to Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, the
country registered a decline in air cargo volumes of 3.8% y-o-y ... |
| Greece Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| At the end of September, the Greek privatisation committee gave the go-ahead for a tender to find buyers
for three new companies designed to replace the loss-making and heavily indebted, state-owned Olympic
Airlines. ... |
| Greece Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The Greek automotive industry followed the overall trend in the Western European market, despite a
moderate fall in vehicle sales in the first three quarters of 2008. ... |
| Germany Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In November 2008, broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported that plans to part-privatise the national rail
service had been postponed for a second time. ... |
| France Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| France is preparing to restructure its freight transport sector, with an emphasis on increasing the
percentage carried by rail by transferring freight typically carried by road onto rail. ... |
| France Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The French automotive industry has so far maintained its position as the strongest of its kind, not only in
the Western European market, but almost the whole of Europe. ... |
| Estonia Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Cargo handled by Tallinna Sadam (the port of Tallinn) fell by 19.3% to 29.08mn tons in 2008, largely as
earlier projected by the port authorities. ... |
| Estonia Autos Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The Estonian automotive market has been badly hit by the international financial crisis and the countryfs
economic recession, with sales down 24.8% in 2008 and a further 32.4% fall forecast in 2009, according
to BMIfs latest Estonia Automotives Report ... |
| Croatia Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In September, Croatia was expected to confirm the location for a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG)
terminal, with a view to launching the project before the end of 2008, ... |
| Colombia Autos Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| BMI has lowered its sales forecast for Colombia in 2009, as reflected in the latest Colombia Automotives
Report. ... |
| Chile Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In late November 2008, LAN said it was reviewing its investment plans in the light of the global
economic crisis and falls in passenger numbers. LAN has local subsidiary airlines in Argentina, Chile,
Ecuador and Peru. ... |
| Chile Autos Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| BMI has adjusted its five-year forecast for new car sales in Chile to reflect the impact of the global
economic crisis. ... |
| Canada Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Until December 2008, in sales terms, Canada' s automotive industry had been holding out against the
pressures facing its southern neighbour. ... |
| Bulgaria Freight Transport Report 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In July 2008, deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva said Bulgaria was prepared to carry out 10 road
projects, covering the estimated cost of EUR88.4mn (US$138.9mn) out of its own funds. Earlier in the
year, the European Union had frozen its co-financ ... |
| Brazil Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Brazil' s main port, the Port of Santos, looked to be set for a depressed 2009 following a sluggish end to
2008, as cargo volumes fell in the global economic crisis. BMI expected to see the tough conditions
mirrored across the world' s major ports, as t ... |
| Brazil Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| Brazil had shown strong resilience to the global financial crisis which showcased its potential as one of
the strongest emerging economies in the world. However, as BMI examines in its recently published
Brazil Autos Report, the market could no longer h ... |
| Australia Freight Transport Report Q2 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| The government of Australia unveiled a stimulus plan aiming to create new jobs and boost the countryfs
productivity by bringing forward investments in economic and social infrastructure. Australia has the
advantage of a budget surplus, sustained by hal ... |
| Australia Autos Report Q1 2009 |
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| Table of Contents Published: 2009/03 Published by: Business Monitor International |
| In 2008 new vehicle sales in Australia exceeded the 1mn unit mark for only the second time ever, despite
a 3.6% decline compared with 2007. ... |
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