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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Goods lifted by road within, to and from Wales by UK registered HGVs, by commodity group
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From Wales to rest of UK[Collapse]All commodities29,259.The data item is not applicable22,39328,04024,188
All commodities[Collapse]All food products, includ. beverages and tobaccoFood products3,771.The data item is not applicable3,1334,2146,135
[Collapse]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables530.The data item is not applicable2,0391,9891,457
All machinery and equipment, consumer durablesFurniture*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.The data item is not applicable*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication373
Machinery and equipment*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.The data item is not applicable1,1541,679548
Transport equipment*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.The data item is not applicable839246536
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products5,349.The data item is not applicable4,5906,7295,058
[Expand]All other products10,385.The data item is not applicable5,8267,8695,165
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products1,440.The data item is not applicable1,7482,3241,628
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials7,784.The data item is not applicable5,0564,9154,744
To Wales from rest of UK[Collapse]All commodities24,297.The data item is not applicable25,04127,78224,798
All commodities[Collapse]All food products, includ. beverages and tobaccoFood products5,324.The data item is not applicable5,5897,3196,238
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables798.The data item is not applicable1,3151,4281,406
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products4,585.The data item is not applicable5,3374,8185,038
[Expand]All other products9,121.The data item is not applicable6,4047,3846,598
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products1,348.The data item is not applicable1,6552,2811,839
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials3,122.The data item is not applicable4,7414,5533,679
Within Wales[Collapse]All commodities54,163.The data item is not applicable35,51636,70138,320
All commodities[Collapse]All food products, includ. beverages and tobaccoFood products3,839.The data item is not applicable3,3373,7734,882
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables524.The data item is not applicable8891,7111,343
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products9,104.The data item is not applicable6,2137,5927,225
[Expand]All other products20,290.The data item is not applicable14,06813,99811,964
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products2,652.The data item is not applicable9041,228888
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials17,755.The data item is not applicable10,1068,39912,018

Metadata

Title

Goods lifted by road within, to and from Wales by UK registered HGVs, by commodity group

Last update

November 2023 November 2023

Next update

November 2024 (Provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Survey of Road Freight, Department for Transport

Contact email

stats.transport@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

United Kingdom

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This dataset gives details on road freight goods lifted by road within, to and from Wales by UK registered HGVs, by commodity group. 'Goods lifted' refers to the weight of goods carried and data are presented in thousand tonnes.

Data collection and calculation

Road freight statistics are based on a data collected by the Department for Transports 3 road freight surveys, the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport, Great Britain (CSRGT GB), the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport, Northern Ireland (CSRGT NI), and the International Road Haulage Survey (IRHS).

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

The statistics relate to cases in Wales from the year 2022.

Users, uses and context

These statistics are used both within and outside the Welsh Government to monitor trends in road freight and as a baseline.

Revisions information

Data for previous periods are routinely updated. Data for the current financial or calendar year may be revised with the release of next year’s data set.

Statistical quality

Timeliness and punctuality:
The statistics presented covers road freight traffic to and from Wales and the UK from 2022.

Comparability and coherence:
The Department for Transport produces a range of statistics relating to the road freight sector presenting domestic and international road freight and roll-on, roll-off international freight.

Weblinks

Road freight, statistical headline: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/road-freight/

Keywords

Road freight, goods lifted

Name

TRAN0222