More cross-border road transport carried out by CEECs

07/06/2017 15:00

In 2015, foreign lorries carried more than 40 million tonnes of goods from the Netherlands to other countries, a 5.7 percent growth compared to 2014. New figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and Eurostat show that lorries from Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) entirely accounted for the increase.

The overall weight of goods carried by lorries from CEE countries grew by 21 percent, whereas the overall weight of goods carried by lorries from non-CEE countries in fact fell by 4 percent. The share of total international road transport from the Netherlands by foreign hauliers was 42 percent in 2015, versus 32 percent in 2006.

Compared to 2014, the total weight of goods carried by Slovenian (+59%) and Bulgarian (+57%) lorries grew most rapidly. The weight of goods carried by Slovakian lorry drivers declined marginally (-5 percent). In the period 2006-2015 road transport from the Netherlands carried out by lorries registered in CEE countries soared by an average of 177 percent. Polish lorries occupied first place accounting for a 56 percent share of goods transport from the Netherlands in 2015, followed by Czech lorries with a share of 9 percent. Bulgarian and Slovenian lorries accounted for 5 and 2 percent respectively of goods transported by CEE countries.

Total weight of goods carried by road from the Netherlands
	2006	2010	2014	2015
Total	106	92	95	95
of which trucks from
Netherlands	72	55	57	55
CEECs	6	11	15	18
Other countries	27	25	23	22

Lorries from CEECs carry fewer goods to their own countries

Proportionally, hauliers from other European countries carry a lot of goods to their home countries, unlike hauliers from CEE countries who carry more goods from the Netherlands to countries outside Central and Eastern Europe. In 2006, 59 percent of goods were destined for the home market; by 2015 this share had been reduced by half.
The share carried by lorries from other European countries remained fairly stable at more than 80 percent during the period 2006-2015.

Share weight carried to home country
	CEECs	Other countries
2006	59.3	84.2
2007	51	84.3
2008	47.9	85.4
2009	39	82.3
2010	40.8	83.1
2011	41.1	83.5
2012	40.8	83
2013	34.3	82.2
2014	36.4	82.5
2015	29.9	82.1

CEE transports mainly to countries around the Netherlands

Nine out of the ten nationalities most often involved in road transport to countries other than their own are from Central and Eastern Europe. Nearly three-quarters of all goods carried by lorries from CEE countries which were loaded in the Netherlands had destinations including Germany, Belgium and France. These countries are also the main destinations for Dutch hauliers (92%). On the other hand, lorries registered in France, Italy and Germany mostly carry goods from the Netherlands to their own country; 7 percent on average had a different destination.

Total weight carried by foreign trucks from the Netherlands to destination, 2015
	Other destinations	To home country by truck
Bulgaria	2	98
Lithuania	16	84
Romania	16	84
Slovakia	19	81
Luxembourg	21	79
Estonia	26	74
Hungary	26	74
Latvia	30	70
Poland	33	67
Slovenia	44	56
Finland	46	54
Croatia	53	47
Portugal	54	46
Czech Republic	56	44
Austria	66	34
Spain	66	34
Denmark	68	32
Sweden	73	27
Belgium	78	22
Norway	79	21
Ireland	79	21
Great Britain	79	21
Switzerland	81	19
Germany	92	8
Italy	92	8
France	95	5

Lorries from CEECs carry fewer goods to their own countries

CEE transports mainly to countries around the Netherlands

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