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- Road Freight
The road goods transport industry includes 877 firms employing 1,666 people and represents a turnover of €100 million (54% of the transport sector). The value added by road goods transport amounts to €50 million (1998). The great majority of transport firms are very small units : nearly 9 out of (read more) - Road Infrastructure
Most of Reunion Island's main roads run along the coasts (370 km; in 2007 103.1-kilometre long 4-lane roads ). A transversal road provides connection between Saint Pierre and Saint Benoît, via high altitude valleys (Plaine des Cafres and Plaine des Palmistes). A road construction project named (read more) - Sea Freight in Figures
714 transits recorded in 2006 : +0.3% compared with 2005 3,947,500 tonnes of goods transported : +4.8% inward transportation : 3,478,100 tonnes : +7.56% outward transportation (export): 469,400 tonnes : -12 % Cruise passengers: In 2006, 5,850 arrivals of passengers were recorded. A global rise (read more) - Slight Increase in Freight (2006)
In 2006, Reunion Island's air freight recorded a slight increase (1.9%) with 28,417 tonnes compared with 27,879 tonnes in 2005. 20,664 tonnes were transported inward (imports), equivalent to 3.5% more than in 2005, while exports slightly decreased (-2%) with 7,753 tonnes compared to 7,910 (read more)
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The Reunion Island main economic players are members of Invest in Reunion
