Freight and the transport industry : Freight volume

FT007 Total freight tonne-km (road, rail, maritime, aviation)

Series Data

Freight tonne-km by road (million tonne-km)
2002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Truck Tonne-km (m)865592129707990910001104311061098001024710576
Trailer tonne-km (m)6181645269036929696172027305671072317534
Total tonne-km14836156631661016838169631763317915165091747718110
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Net freight tonne-km (NTK) by rail (millions)
2004/052005/062006/072007/082008/092009/102010/11
Rail net tonne-km (m)4322431243294556396239194178
Bulk rail NTK1651177617601777175717151819
Containerised rail NTK14621345131513909629891098
Domestic rail NTK1209119112541390124212151262
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Graphical Data

Road freight (tonne-km)

Road freight (tonne-km) Download: Graph icon Road freight (tonne-km) Image (PNG, 23 KB)

Rail freight (tonne-km)

Rail freight (tonne-km) Download: Graph icon Rail freight (tonne-km) Image (PNG, 11 KB)

Metadata

Indicator name Total freight tonne-km (road, rail, maritime, aviation)
Key reference number FT007
Definition of indicator Total freight tonne-km (road, rail, maritime, aviation)
If a tonne of freight is moved 2 km, then that constitutes 2 tonne-km
Tonne-km=tonnes of freight times distance travlled (in km)
Export date 1/02/2012
Core indicator information
ROAD
Nature of data Estimated
Data source Road: estimated from Road User Charges licences 4+tonnes (From MoT Fleet Statistics Report Table 11.1)
Frequency Annual
Disaggregation -
Timeliness By March
Quality of the data Good but not perfect. It depends on load factor assumptions, and there is a degree of RUC evasion.
Note : this series has been revised - the trailer utilisation factor has been reduced from 55% to 45% following research done for MoT in 2008
Availability of forecast data No
RAIL
Nature of data KiwiRail statistics
Data source KiwiRail annual reports
Frequency Annual
Disaggregation -
Timeliness By Dec
Quality of the data Good
Availability of forecast data No