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Norwegian lorries still losing market shares
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2015-02-11T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show the lorry traffic for Norwegian and foreign lorries across the Norwegian border. They also show how many tonnes of goods they are transporting.

Carriage of goods by lorry, Q4 2014

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Norwegian lorries still losing market shares

In 2014, Norwegian lorries transported 4.7 million tonnes of goods across the border; a decrease of 3.1 per cent compared with 2013. The Norwegian-registered lorries' share of transport decreased by 1.9 percentage points to 35.6 per cent.

Import and export by lorry on road, by nationality of the lorryPublished 11 February 2015
Tonnage carried (tonnes)Import ratePer cent
4th quarter 2013 - 4th quarter 20144th quarter 2009 - 4th quarter 2014
4th quarter 2014
All nationalities3 282 40460.62.417.0
Norway1 116 27037.5-6.2-9.8
Sweden970 92775.99.720.7
Denmark198 21479.82.141.8
Finland123 52468.2-6.2-2.0
Poland250 45357.08.3130.9
Germany110 20975.7-0.732.4
Netherlands55 14379.47.127.5
The Baltic States259 98465.721.2122.8
Russian Federation13 78676.0-64.9-61.4
Others183 89475.916.966.3

Source: Statistics Norway

Norwegian and foreign lorries transported 15 million tonnes of goods in and out of Norway; 354 000 tonnes more than the year before. Of this, 13.1 million tonnes of goods were carried by lorries that crossed the border by road. The rest of the goods were transported by ferry, either by lorries or trailers.

Losing market shares in both exports and imports

The Norwegian-registered lorries transported 56.8 per cent of goods out of the country in 2014. The market share decreased by 2.2 percentage points compared with 2013. The Norwegian lorries’ market share of imports was 21.9 per cent, compared with 24.4 per cent in 2013.

Baltic and Polish lorries carrying more and more across the border

The Baltic countries and Poland increased their market shares for transport to and from Norway in 2014 by 0.8 and 0.6 percentage points respectively from 2013. Baltic-registered lorries transported 7.3 per cent of the tonnage carried to and from the country, while Polish lorries transported 7.2 per cent. The Finnish lorries' market share decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 3.9 per cent from 2013 to 2014.

Fewer goods on Norwegian lorries in 4th quarter

In the 4th quarter of 2014, Norwegian lorries accounted for 34.0 per cent of freight transport across the border. This is 3.1 percentage points less than in the corresponding quarter last year. Tonnage carried of Norwegian lorries fell by 6.2 per cent compared with the 4th quarter of 2013. A total of 1.1 million tonnes of goods were transported by Norwegian lorries in the 4th quarter of 2014, spread over 0.7 million in exports and 0.4 million tonnes in imports. For Norwegian and foreign lorries combined, exports tonnage carried increased by 4.8 per cent and imports by 1.4 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2013.

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A large part of the timber exports that were incorrectly registered as lorry transport over a long period were moved to rail transport as from the 3rd quarter of 2014. New figures are updated dating back to the 1st quarter of 2013. There will therefore be a break in the statistics between the 4th quarter of 2012 and the 1st quarter of 2013. This is primarily important for comparability with the total number and market share of exports.