International road freight activity (RFS02)
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-09)

Data about the international road freight activity, produced by the Department for Transport. These statistics are accredited official statistics.

Important note for users

Statistics for international road freight have been revised for the period January 2022 (quarter 1) to December 2023 (quarter 4).

The grossing factors for the international road freight survey have been recalculated for this period due to revisions in RoRo census data. RoRo data is used to produce the grossing factors which scale the international road haulage survey data to be representative of the total volume of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) traffic.

An explanation of the impact on the data can be found within the International Road Freight Statistics: October 2023 to September 2024 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/international-road-freight-statistics-october-2023-to-september-2024/international-road-freight-statistics-october-2023-to-september-2024-united-kingdom) publication and more detail in the RoRo revision (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-goods-vehicles-travelling-to-europe-2024/road-goods-vehicles-travelling-to-europe-revisions-to-published-data-from-january-2022-to-december-2023) note.

These revisions have affected tables RFS0201 to RFS0207.

Overall trends in international road freight by UK HGVs

RFS0201: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffadfe29730ea3a9dc/rfs0201.ods) (ODS, 21.7 KB)

International road freight by UK HGVs by country

RFS0202: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods lifted by country of unloading (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffe4184a43f9785c06/rfs0202.ods) (ODS, 7.64 KB)

RFS0203: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods lifted by country of loading (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ff1f124a0bb0a3a9e1/rfs0203.ods) (ODS, 7.67 KB)

RFS0204: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods moved by country of unloading (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffadfe29730ea3a9dd/rfs0204.ods) (ODS, 7.72 KB)

RFS0205: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods moved by country of loading (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffadfe29730ea3a9de/rfs0205.ods) (ODS, 8.17 KB)

International road freight by UK HGVs by commodity

RFS0206: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods lifted by commodity group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ff1f124a0bb0a3a9e2/rfs0206.ods) (ODS, 54.9 KB)

RFS0207: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods moved by commodity group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffadfe29730ea3a9df/rfs0207.ods) (ODS, 76.3 KB)

Foreign road freight activity within the UK

RFS0208: Goods lifted from the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffadfe29730ea3a9e0/rfs0208.ods) (ODS, 11.1 KB)

RFS0209: Goods lifted to the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffadfe29730ea3a9e1/rfs0209.ods) (ODS, 11.4 KB)

RFS0210: Goods moved from the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ffdd1a7e01559e6d1e/rfs0210.ods) (ODS, 11.4 KB)

RFS0211: Goods moved to the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686661ff1f124a0bb0a3a9e3/rfs0211.ods) (ODS, 11.6 KB)

Revision

Due to an error during data suppression, both imports and exports on table RFS0214 showed identical figures. This issue has now been corrected and a revised version of the table published.

RFS0214: International goods lifted to and from the UK by foreign-registered HGVs (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68d2bdf3e65dc716bfb1dc98/rfs0214.ods) (ODS, 17.8 KB)

Cabotage

RFS0212: Cabotage within the UK by country of registration of vehicle (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68666200e4184a43f9785c07/rfs0212.ods) (ODS, 11.5 KB)

RFS0216: Domestic goods moved and cabotage within EU28 countries (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68666200adfe29730ea3a9e2/rfs0216.ods) (ODS, 10.7 KB)

Domestic comparison

RFS0213: Domestic goods lifted in selected countries (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68666200dd1a7e01559e6d1f/rfs0213.ods) (ODS, 12.3 KB)

Cross trade goods

RFS0215: Cross trade goods lifted to and from the UK by foreign-registered HGVs (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68666200366e9dfacb785c09/rfs0215.ods) (ODS, 17.9 KB)

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