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Volume of goods transported by lorries decreased in the fourth quarter of 2023

release 22/03/2024 | Goods transport by road 2023, 4th quarter

According to Statistics Finland, a total of 53 million tonnes of goods were transported by lorries in domestic road transport in the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared to the previous year, the volume of transported goods decreased by 9 %. The transport performance decreased by 24 % and was 5.2 billion tonne-kilometers.

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The volume of goods transported in domestic road transport was 53 million tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2023.
The transport performance of road transport decreased by 24 % from the fourth quarter of 2022.
The share of transported soil materials made up 25 per cent of the volume of goods transported in road transport and 7 per cent of the transport performance.
Of the transport volume, 92 per cent was transported in professional transport and eight per cent in private transport.