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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 commodities23,83220,74525,59723,828
All commodities[Expand]All food products, includ. beverages and tobacco6,6753,8644,8135,044
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables7011,3391,2141,110
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products5,3024,9965,6394,485
[Expand]All other products4,5224,4585,9935,325
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products2,3471,0862,4522,773
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials4,2865,0015,4875,088
To Wales from rest of UK[Collapse]All commodities23,34821,66123,28521,651
All commodities[Expand]All food products, includ. beverages and tobacco6,5455,0276,0366,304
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables8388341,0121,576
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products3,4005,4945,4274,548
[Expand]All other products6,7225,2415,1895,160
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products2,3301,0872,2531,442
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials3,5133,9793,3682,620
Within Wales[Collapse]All commodities42,89943,01345,51363,098
All commodities[Expand]All food products, includ. beverages and tobacco3,0903,3355,0289,818
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables9048419771,913
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products8,30010,55310,36814,210
[Expand]All other products8,2868,92111,10017,945
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products2,0161,0171,5693,416
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials20,30418,34616,47015,796

Metadata

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

Last update
January 2018 January 2018

Next update
January 2019

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 2016.

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