Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services

1. Transportation services 
3.53.  Transportation covers all transportation services 
that are performed by residents of one economy for 
those of another and that involve the carriage of 
passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rentals 
(charters) of carriers with crew, and related supporting 
and auxiliary services. Some related items that are 
excluded from transportation services are freight 
insurance (included in insurance services); goods 
procured in ports by non-resident carriers and repairs of 
transportation equipment (both are treated as goods, not 
services); repairs of railway facilities, harbours and 
airfield facilities (included in construction services); and 
rentals or charters of carriers without crew (included in 
operational leasing services). Paragraphs 3.9 and 3.10 
above discuss the issues relating to the attribution of 
residence of owners and operators of mobile equipment, 
including ships and aircraft. 
3.54.  EBOPS follows BPM5 in recommending a cross-
classification of transportation by mode of transport and 
by kind of service. While BPM5 recommends the 
identification of three modes of transportation, EBOPS 
distinguishes eight modes of transportation––sea, air, 
space, rail, road, internal waterway, pipeline, and other 
supporting and auxiliary transportation services. EBOPS 
recommends the same classification of kind of service as 
BPM5––transport of passengers, transport of freight, and 
other supporting and auxiliary services. Discussion of 
the modes of transportation and kinds of service follows. 
3.55.  Sea transport covers all transportation services 
by sea. 
3.56.  Air transport covers all transportation services 
provided by air, including international passenger 
transportation.  
3.57. The remaining modes of transport are a 
disaggregation of the single BPM5 mode “other 
transport.”  
3.58.  Space transport includes satellite launches 
undertaken by commercial enterprises for the owners of 
the satellites (such as telecommunication enterprises) 
and other operations performed by operators of space 
equipment, such as transport of goods and people for 
scientific experiments. Also included is space passenger 
transport and the payments made by an economy in 
order to have its residents included on the space vehicles 
of another economy.  
3.59.  Rail transport covers transport by trains. 
3.60.  Road transport  covers international freight 
transport by lorries and trucks and international 
passenger transportation by buses and coaches. 
3.61.  Inland waterway transport 
relates to 
international transportation on rivers, canals and lakes. 
Included are waterways that are internal to one country 
and those that are shared among two or more countries. 
3.62.  Pipeline transport and electricity transmission 
covers international transport of goods in pipelines. Also 
included are charges for the transmission of electricity 
when this is separate from the production and 
distribution process. The provision of electricity itself is 
excluded, as is the provision of petroleum and related 

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products, water and other goods supplied through 
pipelines. Also excluded are distribution services  of 
electricity, water, gas and other petroleum products 
(included in other business services). 
3.63.  Other supporting and auxiliary transport