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Slovakia Logistics Outlook

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Report Summary

Introduction

The Slovakia Logistics Outlook is part of the Central and Eastern European Logistics series, which assesses the logistics industry, foreign trade, major industries affecting the logistics sector and the key logistics service providers. The reports also forecast the outlook for freight transportation and logistics across modes out to 2012 for each individual country.

Scope

Country facts, overview, policy and business. Economic overview and performance, foreign trade partners and industries, economic issues and prospects. Customer Industries: Automotive and Retail sectors. Freight by mode: Air, Rail, Road and Inland Waterway.

Highlights

Slovakia, specifically Bratislava, is located on three strategic rail, road, and waterway transport corridors, which shape a north/south and east/west axis throughout the country. All transport modes have a positive outlook for 2008-2012, with air freight growing the fastest, followed by pipeline transport, roadways, railways and inland waterways.

Reasons to Purchase

Gain an analytical insight into the major factors affecting the Slovakian logistics market, both currently and in the future. Gain actionable analysis using top level economic data and freight data. Forecasts out to 2012 across various freight modes.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
1.1 Executive Summary 5
CHAPTER 2 KEY FACTS AND OVERVIEW 6
2.1 Key Facts 6
2.2 Country Overview 8
2.3 Policy and Business 9
CHAPTER 3 THE SLOVAKIAN ECONOMY 11
3.1 Economic Overview 11
3.2 Economic Performance 14
3.3 Foreign Trade 15
3.4 Major Trading Partners 17
3.5 Key Economic Issues 19
3.6 Economic Prospects 20
CHAPTER 4 MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN SLOVAKIA 21
4.1 Automotive 21
4.2 Retail 23
CHAPTER 5 TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS IN SLOVAKIA 25
5.1 Logistics Overview 25
5.2 Leading Companies 30
5.3 Road and rail transport 36
5.4 Inland Waterways 44
5.5 Air Transport 46
CHAPTER 6 LOGISTICS OUTLOOK FOR SLOVAKIA 48
6.1 Logistics Outlook for Slovakia 48


TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Slovakia: Geographical Location 6
Figure 2: Slovakia: Exchange Rate 10
Figure 3: Slovakia: Real GDP ($ Billion), 2000-2006 11
Figure 4: Slovakia: Unemployment Rate (%), 1990-2006 12
Figure 5: Slovakia: CPI Inflation (%), 1999-2006 13
Figure 6: Slovakia: Structure of Slovak Exports by Commodity (%), 2002-2006 15
Figure 7: Slovakia: Structure of Slovak Imports by Commodity (%), 2002-2006 16
Figure 8: Slovakia: Slovak Exports by Destination (%), January – August 2007 17
Figure 9: Slovakia: Slovak Imports by Country of Origin (%), January – August 2007 18
Figure 10: Slovakia: Volume of Passenger Cars Produced, 1992-2006 22
Figure 11: Slovakia: Retail Sales ($ Billions), 2001-2006 23
Figure 12: Slovakia: Transport Corridors - Slovakia 27
Figure 13: Slovakia: Volume of Goods Transported (Million Tonnes), 2002-2006 28
Figure 14: Slovakia: Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2002-2006 29
Figure 15: Slovakia: Structure of Goods Transported, 2005 31
Figure 16: Slovakia: Structure of Goods Transported by Commodity, 2005 32
Figure 17: Slovakia: Road Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 2002-2006 36
Figure 18: Slovakia: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 37
Figure 19: Slovakia: Structure of Road Freight by Activity (Million Tonnes), 1995-2005 38
Figure 20: Slovakia: Structure of Road Freight by Activity (Million Tonnes), 1995-2005 39
Figure 21: Slovakia: Rail Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 2002-2006 40
Figure 22: Slovakia: Rail Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 41
Figure 23: Slovakia: Structure of Railway Track (%), 2006 42
Figure 24: Slovakia: Structure of Railway Track (%), 2006 43
Figure 25: Slovakia: Volume of Goods Transported by Inland Waterways (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 44
Figure 26: Slovakia: Inland Waterways Transport Performance (Million Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 45
Figure 27: Slovakia: Volume of Goods Transported by Air (Tonnes), 1997-2006 46
Figure 28: Slovakia: Air Transport Performance (000 Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 47
Figure 29: Slovakia: Rail Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 48
Figure 30: Slovakia: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 49
Figure 31: Slovakia: Air Transport Performance (000 Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 50
Figure 32: Slovakia: Total Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 51
Figure 33: Slovakia: Logistics and Storage Nominal Market Value ($ Billions), 2006-2012 52