Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 3.3 Goods moved by UK HGVs by destination, and the economy's road freight intensity
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
million tonne-kilometres
a) On journeys originating in Scotland
by destination:
Scotland 8,088 7,930 7,873 8,052 9,059 8,444 8,454 8,632 8,675 7,219 7,173
Elsewhere in UK
England 5,567 5,570 5,168 5,381 5,367 4,405 4,955 5,817 4,393 4,457 4,708
Wales 305 186 194 122 * 146 323 214 284 * 351
Northern Ireland 70 48 42 60 63 34 88 * 51 31 18
Total elsewhere in UK 5,942 5,804 5,404 5,563 5,544 4,585 5,366 6,050 4,728 4,610 5,077
Outwith UK1 787 691 893 817 592 477 412 668 533 519 445
Total 14,817 14,425 14,170 14,432 15,195 13,507 14,233 15,349 13,936 12,348 12,695
b) On journeys with Scottish destinations
by origin of journey:
Scotland 8,088 7,930 7,873 8,052 9,059 8,444 8,454 8,632 8,675 7,219 7,173
Elsewhere in UK
England 7,113 7,094 6,787 7,490 6,413 6,251 6,944 7,357 6,045 5,696 5,888
Wales 143 148 168 128 * 235 144 340 209 * 212
Northern Ireland 33 31 29 36 34 45 16 * 80 33 32
Total elsewhere in UK 7,289 7,273 6,984 7,653 6,536 6,531 7,105 7,721 6,334 5,766 6,132
Outwith UK1 334 256 287 288 276 246 181 290 233 176 170
Total 15,711 15,459 15,144 15,993 15,870 15,221 15,739 16,642 15,243 13,161 13,475
c) The road freight intensity of the Scottish economy - an index of the ratio of the index of road freight tonne-kilometres to the index of Gross Domestic Product
Road freight moved by UK HGVs on journeys originating in Scotland million tonne-kilometres
volume 14,817 14,425 14,170 14,432 15,195 13,507 14,233 15,349 13,936 12,348 12,695
index, 2004 = 100
Index: 2004 = 100 97.5 94.9 93.3 95.0 100.0 88.9 93.7 101.0 91.7 81.3 83.5
Scottish Gross Domestic Product (Gross Value Added for all industries)1
Index: 2007 = 100 83.7 86.1 86.5 88.4 92.1 93.3 97.1 100.0 99.5 95.1 95.9
Index: 2004=100 90.9 93.5 93.9 96.0 100.0 101.3 105.4 108.6 108.0 103.3 104.1
Road freight intensity
Index: 2004 = 100 107.3 101.5 99.3 99.0 100.0 87.7 88.8 93.0 84.9 78.7 80.2

1. Scottish GDP figures are as published 19 October 2011.
* = Sample too small for a reliable estimate