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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 commodities(r) 23,572(r) 20,616(r) 25,301(r) 23,18825,243
All commodities[Expand]All food products, includ. beverages and tobacco(r) 6,675(r) 3,844(r) 4,813(r) 4,8956,632
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables(r) 6901,339(r) 1,213(r) 1,0991,389
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products(r) 5,299(r) 4,991(r) 5,503(r) 4,4546,118
[Expand]All other products(r) 4,431(r) 4,355(r) 5,921(r) 5,0965,364
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products(r) 2,210(r) 1,086(r) 2,366(r) 2,6892,407
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials(r) 4,267(r) 5,001(r) 5,487(r) 4,9553,331
To Wales from rest of UK[Collapse]All commodities(r) 23,091(r) 21,539(r) 23,190(r) 20,77726,035
All commodities[Expand]All food products, includ. beverages and tobacco(r) 6,545(r) 5,000(r) 6,036(r) 6,1047,222
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables(r) 8278341,012(r) 1,5371,324
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products(r) 3,374(r) 5,462(r) 5,426(r) 4,3477,063
[Expand]All other products(r) 6,576(r) 5,177(r) 5,173(r) 4,9555,498
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products(r) 2,262(r) 1,087(r) 2,206(r) 1,4391,818
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials(r) 3,507(r) 3,979(r) 3,338(r) 2,3963,112
Within Wales[Collapse]All commodities(r) 36,143(r) 38,271(r) 38,454(r) 44,42945,470
All commodities[Expand]All food products, includ. beverages and tobacco(r) 2,825(r) 2,825(r) 4,816(r) 6,6867,757
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables(r) 875(r) 831(r) 972(r) 1,6601,492
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products(r) 8,240(r) 10,210(r) 9,335(r) 10,49510,427
[Expand]All other products(r) 6,578(r) 7,903(r) 8,501(r) 12,18910,730
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products(r) 1,728(r) 845(r) 1,438(r) 2,2891,843
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials(r) 15,898(r) 15,657(r) 13,392(r) 11,10913,220

Metadata

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

Last update
November 2018 November 2018

Next update
November 2019 (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 2013 up to the year 2017.

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 up to 2016.

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