Estonia Logistics Outlook

The Estonia 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.



Report Highlights
Over the years Estonia, now the fastest growing economy in the EU, has become an important transit hub connecting the East-West as well as the North-South markets. The logistics sector continues to grow and gain from Estonia’s complimentary geographic position, adequate infrastructure and direct linkages with railway systems of Russia and the CIS.


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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 8
CHAPTER 3 THE ESTONIAN ECONOMY 10
3.1 Economic Overview 10
3.2 Economic Performance 15
3.3 Foreign Trade 15
3.4 Major Trading Partners 18
3.5 Key Issues 19
3.6 Prospects 20
CHAPTER 4 MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN ESTONIA 21
4.1 Food Industry 21
4.2 Machine Building and Metalworking Industry 23
4.3 Chemical Industry 25
4.4 Wood Processing 26
4.5 Construction Materials 27
4.6 Electronics Industry 28
CHAPTER 5 TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS IN ESTONIA 31
5.1 Logistics Overview 31
5.2 Logistics Players in Baltics 33
5.3 Freight Traffic 38
5.4 Air Transport 41
5.5 Road and rail transport 43
5.6 Sea Transport 53
CHAPTER 6 LOGISTICS OUTLOOK FOR ESTONIA 55
6.1 Logistics Outlook for Estonia 55

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Figure 1: Estonia: Geographical Location 6
Figure 2: Estonia: Exchange Rate 9
Figure 3: Estonia: Real GDP ($ Billion), 2000-2006 11
Figure 4: Estonia: Unemployment Rate (%), 2000-2006 12
Figure 5: Estonia: Unemployment (000s), 2000-2006 13
Figure 6: Estonia: CPI Inflation (%), 2000-2006 14
Figure 7: Estonia: Structure of Exports by Commodity (%), 2006 16
Figure 8: Estonia: Structure of Imports by Commodity (%), 2006 17
Figure 9: Estonia: Exports by Destination (%), 2006 18
Figure 10: Estonia: Imports by Country of Origin (%), 2006 19
Figure 11: Estonia: Structure of Food Industry (%), 2006 22
Figure 12: Estonia: Structure of Metal Building and Metal Industry (%), 2006 23
Figure 13: Estonia: Structure of Electronics Industry, 2005 29
Figure 14: Estonia: Volume and Structure of Goods Transported (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 38
Figure 15: Estonia: Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 39
Figure 16: Estonia: Structure of Modal Transport (%), 2006 40
Figure 17: Estonia: Air Freight Volumes (000 Tonnes), 2001-2006 41
Figure 18: Estonia: Air Transport Performance (Million Ton-kilometres), 2001-2006 42
Figure 19: Estonia: Total Road Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 43
Figure 20: Estonia: National Transport of Goods by Road (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 44
Figure 21: Estonia: International Transport of Goods by Road (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 45
Figure 22: Estonia: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 46
Figure 23: Estonia: Rail Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 1989-2006 47
Figure 24: Estonia: Structure of Rail Transport by Nature of Activity (%), 2001-2006 48
Figure 25: Estonia: Structure of Rail Infrastructure by Ownership (%), 2001-2006 49
Figure 26: Estonia: Rail Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2003-2006 50
Figure 27: Estonia: Structure of Railway Infrastructure by Ownership (%), 2006 51
Figure 28: Estonia: Structure of Railway Tracks (% Electrified), 2006 52
Figure 29: Estonia: Volume of Goods Transported by Sea Transport (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 53
Figure 30: Estonia: Transport Performance for Sea freight (Million Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 54
Figure 31: Estonia: Rail Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 55
Figure 32: Estonia: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 56
Figure 33: Estonia: Sea/Maritime Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 57
Figure 34: Estonia: Air Transport Performance (Million Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 58
Figure 35: Estonia: Total Transport Performance (Million Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 59
Figure 36: Estonia: Logistics and Storage Nominal Market Value ($ Billions), 2006-2012 60


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