Statistical data set

International road freight activity (RFS02)

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

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 10 November 2012
• Last updated: 9 July 2025
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  1. 9 July 2025

     Road freight statistics: 2024 tables updated.

  2. 14 May 2025

     International road freight tables updated.

  3. 11 July 2024

     International road freight activity data tables updated for the latest annual report.

  4. 14 March 2024

     Data table on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles updated for the October 2022 to September 2023 road freight report.

  5. 12 December 2023

     Data tables updated for the latest data for the July 2022 to June 2023 release.

  6. 26 September 2023

     Data table for international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles, updated for the April 2022 to March 2023 statistics release.

  7. 22 June 2023

     International road freight data tables updated for the year 2022.

  8. 28 March 2023

     International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the October 2021 to September 2022 quarterly report.

  9. 8 December 2022

     Data table for international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles (Table RFS0201) updated for the latest report.

  10. 13 October 2022

      International road freight data tables for 2021 updated.

  11. 27 January 2022

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending June 2021 report.

  12. 3 November 2021

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending March 2021 report.

  13. 29 July 2021

      International road freight activity data tables updated for the year 2020.

  14. 22 April 2021

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending September 2020 report.

  15. 26 January 2021

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending June 2020 report.

  16. 15 October 2020

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending March 2020 report.

  17. 9 July 2020

      International road freight activity data tables updated for the year 2019.

  18. 9 April 2020

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending September 2019 report.

  19. 26 November 2019

      International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles data table updated for the year ending June 2019 report.

  20. 2 October 2019

      Data table on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles updated for the April 2018 to March 2019.

  21. 11 July 2019

      International road freight activity data tables updated for the year 2018.

  22. 18 April 2019

      Data table on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles updated for the October 2017 to September 2018 release.

  23. 24 January 2019

      Data table on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles updated for the July 2017 to June 2018 release.

  24. 11 October 2018

      Table on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles updated for April 2017 to March 2018 release.

  25. 26 July 2018

      Tables updated for the year 2017.

  26. 12 April 2018

      Table on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles updated for the October 2016 to September 2017 release.

  27. 22 March 2018

      Tables on international road haulage by UK-registered vehicles, domestic goods lifted in selected countries and domestic goods moved and cabotage updated for the July 2016 to June 2017 release.

  28. 12 October 2017

      Table 0201 to 0207 updated to the latest data for the year ending March 2017.

  29. 13 July 2017

      Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2016.

  30. 13 April 2017

      Table 0201 (annual and quarterly data) updated for the year ending September 2016.

  31. 12 January 2017

      Table 0201 (annual and quarterly data) updated for the year ending June 2016.

  32. 13 October 2016

      Table 0201 (annual and quarterly data) updated for the year ending March 2016.

  33. 18 August 2016

      Tables updated to include latest data for 2015.

  34. 12 May 2016

      Table 0201 updated to the latest quarterly data.

  35. 19 February 2015

      Tables updated to the latest annual and quarterly data.

  36. 10 November 2012

      First published.

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 publication and more detail in the RoRo revision 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 (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 (ODS, 7.64 KB)

RFS0203: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods lifted by country of loading (ODS, 7.67 KB)

RFS0204: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods moved by country of unloading (ODS, 7.72 KB)

RFS0205: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods moved by country of loading (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 (ODS, 54.9 KB)

RFS0207: International road haulage by UK-registered vehicles: goods moved by commodity group (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 (ODS, 11.1 KB)

RFS0209: Goods lifted to the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (ODS, 11.4 KB)

RFS0210: Goods moved from the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (ODS, 11.4 KB)

RFS0211: Goods moved to the UK by foreign-registered HGVs, by vehicle registration country (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 (ODS, 17.8 KB)

Cabotage

RFS0212: Cabotage within the UK by country of registration of vehicle (ODS, 11.5 KB)

RFS0216: Domestic goods moved and cabotage within EU28 countries (ODS, 10.7 KB)

Domestic comparison

RFS0213: Domestic goods lifted in selected countries (ODS, 12.3 KB)

Cross trade goods

RFS0215: Cross trade goods lifted to and from the UK by foreign-registered HGVs (ODS, 17.9 KB)

Contact us

Road freight statistics

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