Press release No. 189 of 8 June 2016
WIESBADEN – The number of persons employed in transportation and storage rose by 3.6% in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter of 2015. Based on first calculations, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that employment in this economic sector has risen continuously for six years compared with the corresponding quarters of the previous year. Turnover, however, declined by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2016 from the same quarter a year earlier.
Transportation and storage include land transport (road and rail) and transport via pipelines, water transport, air transport, warehousing and support activities for transportation (for instance operation of transport routes, railway stations, airports, and postal and courier activities).