National Freight Demands Study - Ministry of Transport
National Freight Demands Study - Ministry of Transport
National Freight Demands Study - Ministry of Transport
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<strong>National</strong> <strong>Freight</strong> <strong>Demands</strong> <strong>Study</strong><br />
facilitators <strong>of</strong> the movement <strong>of</strong> the goods.<br />
Copies <strong>of</strong> the questionnaire and covering letter for the first group, owners <strong>of</strong> the goods<br />
are set out in Appendix B.<br />
Formal interviews were undertaken with a wide range <strong>of</strong> organisations with interests in<br />
the freight sector. In total over 100 formal interviews were conducted and these were<br />
supported and supplemented by short telephone conversations with a large number <strong>of</strong><br />
other firms and individuals.<br />
2.3 Information from published and unpublished statistics<br />
The results <strong>of</strong> the surveys were supplemented by the collection <strong>of</strong> published and<br />
unpublished data, particularly on the total outputs for individual commodities, derived<br />
either from the appropriate agencies directly or from other information sources<br />
particularly on the Internet. The type <strong>of</strong> data which was available varied widely from<br />
detailed statistical information to more qualitative data about the general patterns <strong>of</strong><br />
operation <strong>of</strong> key industries.<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> sources <strong>of</strong> data <strong>of</strong> this type include:<br />
Statistics NZ for a wide range <strong>of</strong> data<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Forestry<br />
Crown Minerals Mining Production Statistics<br />
New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA)<br />
New Zealand Timber Industries Federation<br />
Meat and Wool Economic Service<br />
Livestock Information Council (LIC) (for dairy statistics)<br />
New Zealand Horticulture<br />
Transit New Zealand for road traffic and heavy vehicle flows<br />
Land <strong>Transport</strong> New Zealand for Road User Charge (RUC) data<br />
port companies for details <strong>of</strong> their movements.<br />
In other instances, specific companies that control a large part <strong>of</strong> the market <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
provide detailed information about their activities. An example <strong>of</strong> this is material on the<br />
movement <strong>of</strong> coal produced by Solid Energy. The information on the Solid Energy<br />
website identifies the source <strong>of</strong> production, the volume produced at that location, the<br />
main market and the main method or methods <strong>of</strong> transportation. What this information<br />
does not include is the pattern <strong>of</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> the more minor flows which in some<br />
instances may amount to a substantial total and the published data was therefore<br />
supplemented by the results <strong>of</strong> the survey. Other information was gained from company<br />
reports and other material on company websites.<br />
Where information on the total volumes produced or consumed was not available for<br />
particular commodities, we developed estimates using other sources for the key sectors,<br />
including where appropriate measures such as consumption per person and consumption<br />
per employee or conversion factors between weight and volume where only information<br />
on the value <strong>of</strong> output or sales existed. This approach was used particularly for retail<br />
sales, both for food and other retailing.<br />
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