HELSINKI: A total of 55 million tonnes of goods were transported by lorries in the first quarter of 2015, which was nine per cent less than in the corresponding quarter in 2014, according to Statistics Finland.
The volume of transported soil materials decreased by 27 per cent and the volume of transport for other goods increased by 2 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2014. The total transport volume of lorries amounted to 5.1 billion tonne-kilometres in the first quarter of 2015, which was 12 per cent more than in the corresponding quarter in 2014. Ninety-four per cent of the transport volume was transported in professional transport and six per cent in private transport.
The data for the statistics on goods transport by road are collected from lorry owners with a quarterly sample survey. Transported volume of goods refers to the weight of goods loaded on lorries in tonnes. Tonne-kilometre describes the volume of transport and is obtained as a product of transported volume of goods and length of transport journey, said the Statistics Finland Report.
