Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) regularly conducts comprehensive annual economic surveys to collect aggregate and detailed data on the different types of economic activities practiced in the country.     The surveys are prepared following international recommendations, concepts, and definitions. The surveys provide basic data for the preparation of the gross domestic product (GDP) and the national income as well as other economic indicators The results of the 2011 Survey of Transport and Communications will be released through the 25th issue of the publication “Annual Bulletin of Transport and Communications Statistics, 2011”. Highlights of the key results of the survey as well as a comparison with 2010 survey results are provided in this press release. A total of 589 establishments were covered, of which 279 (47%) are large establishments, defined as those employing 10 or more employees. These were fully covered in the survey. The total number of employees in the transport and communications activity reached 37 887 persons; their annual salaries amounted to 4.7 billion QR, an average of 124 thousand QR per year per employee. The majority of the workers (95.4%) were non-Qataris. The total production reached 38.4 billion QR, showing a nominal increase of 21.9% compared with the preceding year. The gross value added (GVA) generated reached 17.5 billion QR. Air transportation activity was the biggest contributor with a total production of 22 billion QR, an annual increase 25.7%, and a gross value added of 4.8 billion QR. Post and communications comes in second place with an output of 6.6 billion QR, an annual growth rate of 11.9. Gross value added (GVA) per employee was 461 thousand QR. Main Aggregates and Indicators     QSA takes this opportunity to express its thanks and appreciation to all proprietor and staff of establishments for their cooperation as well as for the timely response.  More details on consumer price indices are available on QALM: www.qix.gov.qa