Anna Cox THE TRANSPORT industry was one of three which showed increasing activity in the first quarter of this year. The seasonally-adjusted real GDP at market prices for the first quarter of 2001, compared with the fourth quarter of 2000, increased by an annualised rate of 2.0% (FTW June 8, 2001). The latest increase is mainly due to increasing activity in three industries - transport and communication which contributed 0.5 of a percentage point, finance, real estate and business services which contributed 0.8 of a percentage point and the wholesale and retail trade which contributed 0.4 of a percentage point. "The positive contributions were offset by a negative contribution of 0.2 of a percentage point by the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry which recorded an annualised decrease of 5.8%.
