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Data Provider: Welsh Government Accredited Official Statistics Goods transported to and from Wales by UK registered HGVs, by origin or destination
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[Collapse]Totals goods transported to/from rest of UK51,9699,74850,6519,884
Totals goods transported to/from rest of UK[Collapse]England51,2219,34749,9699,570
EnglandNorth East*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
North West10,2791,4249,2231,398
Yorkshire & the Humber3,3128053,9481,177
East Midlands4,5211,0714,8961,245
West Midlands13,5691,87312,3011,915
East of England2,1097363,8261,288
London*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
South East3,8771,0062,452628
South West12,0811,90712,1571,526
[Collapse]ScotlandScotland*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
[Collapse]Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication

Metadata

Title

Goods transported to and from Wales by UK registered HGVs, by origin and destination

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

General description

This dataset gives details on road freight imports and exports carried by road, by UK registered HGVs, in Wales and the UK. Data are presented as goods lifted (the weight of goods carried, measured thousand tonnes) and goods moved (the weight of goods carried, multiplied by the distance hauled, measured in million tonne-kilometres).

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

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/