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1. TRADE AND TRANSPORT
AROUND THE WORLD.

2. 1. REASONS FOR TRADE
1.1. Trade between individuals – normal buying and selling
that most people do.
1.2. Regional trade – trade between businesses in different
regions of a country e.g. between provinces.
1.3. International trade – trade between countries.
When a country sells goods to another country - These goods
are exports.
When a country buys goods, they come into the country -
These goods are known as imports.

3. 2. LINKS BETWEEN TRADE AND
TRANSPORT

4. 3. DIFFERENT MODES OF
TRANSPORT AND THEIR USES
3.1. Sea transport
* First kind of transport used for long distance.
* These are special kinds of ships, e.g. oil tankers, passenger
ships, ore carries and container ships.

6. 3.2. Air transport
* The most common way to transport people over long
distances.
* It is quick and cheap as compared to other kinds of
transport.
* Goods that use air transport they are usually light e.g.
parcels, letters and perishable goods such as fresh food,
flowers, jewellery, laptops.

8. 3.3. Road transport
* Many different kinds of transport use roads.
*Used to move people and also to move goods.
*There are special kinds of roads transport for specific kinds
of goods. E.g. cement trucks, petrol tanks, taxis to carry
goods but usually people, Albany bakkie used to transport
bread to various shops etc.

9. 3.4. Railway transport
* Are important for transporting large and heavy goods such as
coal, cement and iron ore.
*Most railways use electricity.
*They are a cleaner mode of transport than road vehicles that use
petrol and diesel.

10. 3.5. Pipeline
*Oil and gas can be transported by pipeline.
*Oil is pumped from coastal oil refineries to urban centres inland
through pipelines.
*They save time, are safer, make crossing borders much easier
than using other kinds of transport such as tankers.
*Constructing/laying pipelines is expensive.
*Cost of using them is cheaper than any other kinds of transport

11. PIPELINE