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Data Provider: Welsh Government Accredited Official 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 commodities29,25922,710
All commodities[Collapse]All food products, includ. beverages and tobaccoFood products3,7714,233
[Collapse]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables530744
All machinery and equipment, consumer durablesFurniture*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Machinery and equipment*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication315
Transport equipment*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication337
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products5,3494,368
[Expand]All other products10,3859,339
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products1,440690
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials7,7843,337
To Wales from rest of UK[Collapse]All commodities24,29726,354
All commodities[Collapse]All food products, includ. beverages and tobaccoFood products5,3245,846
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables7981,092
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products4,5854,315
[Expand]All other products9,12111,600
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products1,348792
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials3,1222,709
Within Wales[Collapse]All commodities54,16345,891
All commodities[Collapse]All food products, includ. beverages and tobaccoFood products3,8393,937
[Expand]All machinery and equipment, consumer durables5241,382
[Expand]All metal, mineral and chemical products9,1045,616
[Expand]All other products20,29021,288
[Expand]All textile, leather and wood products2,652283
[Expand]Products of agriculture, forestry, raw materials17,75513,384

Metadata

Title

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

Last update

October 2024 October 2024

Next update

October 2025 (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

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/

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 2023.

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.

Keywords

Road freight, goods lifted