What does France road freight transport measure?

It measures the volume of goods transported by road by French-registered vehicles. The data is expressed in thousand tonnes for weight and million tonne-kilometres to reflect both weight and distance.

How is the road freight data broken down?

The dataset is broken down into national transport, international transport, cross-trade, and cabotage abroad. It also distinguishes between loaded and empty journeys, and between transport for hire or reward and own account.

Which international partners are included in France's road freight data?

The international road freight data includes breakdowns by partner countries. These include major European trading partners such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

How often is this French road freight data updated?

The data is published quarterly by Eurostat. The historical series for France's road freight transport are available starting from 1990.

France quarterly road freight transport

Name: France quarterly road freight transport
Creator: Eurostat – road freight transport by type of operation, quarterly (road_go_tq_tott)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France road freight transport by quarter, including national and international journeys, from Eurostat.

Indicator	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023	Q1-2023	Q4-2022
Total road freight12	402,406	377,870	383,211	394,981	398,112	385,846	381,718	382,462	377,072	380,163	385,995	402,010	407,763
Loaded journeys	402,406	377,870	383,211	394,981	398,112	385,846	381,718	382,462	377,072	380,163	385,995	402,010	407,763
National transport	391,079	368,342	371,497	383,780	386,433	377,251	369,765	371,430	367,035	371,830	375,386	390,689	396,234
International transport	11,326	9,528	11,714	11,200	11,679	8,595	11,953	11,032	10,036	8,333	10,609	11,321	11,530
International, goods loaded in France	5,307	3,971	5,412	5,009	5,044	3,642	4,993	5,161	3,910	3,980	4,471	4,799	4,617
International, goods unloaded in France	4,852	4,423	5,277	5,000	5,699	4,190	5,902	4,899	5,169	3,639	4,758	5,515	5,669
Cross-trade	264	289	196	447	165	125	144	275	147	156	339	236	154
Cabotage abroad	903	845	829	744	771	638	915	696	811	557	1,041	771	1,090
Empty journeys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Empty, national	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Empty, international	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
For hire or reward	320,657	294,763	294,292	298,862	317,126	296,897	288,695	292,232	298,914	291,367	292,132	297,951	313,844
Own account	81,748	83,107	88,919	96,119	80,987	88,949	93,023	90,231	78,157	88,796	93,864	104,059	93,919
Total road freight (tonne-kilometres)12	44,533	41,495	43,516	43,363	44,274	42,461	43,277	44,003	43,313	39,659	41,971	44,298	45,365
Loaded journeys	44,533	41,495	43,516	43,363	44,274	42,461	43,277	44,003	43,313	39,659	41,971	44,298	45,365
National transport	40,994	38,759	40,176	40,052	40,655	39,617	39,843	40,590	40,332	37,154	39,016	40,810	42,038
International transport	3,539	2,735	3,340	3,311	3,620	2,844	3,435	3,412	2,980	2,505	2,955	3,487	3,328
International, goods loaded in France	1,675	1,281	1,613	1,653	1,666	1,246	1,582	1,681	1,326	1,209	1,333	1,610	1,474
International, goods unloaded in France	1,583	1,218	1,478	1,408	1,719	1,433	1,617	1,486	1,459	1,152	1,398	1,658	1,604
Cross-trade	119	100	106	125	97	53	59	95	53	63	110	85	41
Cabotage abroad	162	137	144	125	137	113	175	151	142	82	114	135	209
Empty journeys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Empty, national	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Empty, international	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
For hire or reward	40,103	37,190	38,593	38,826	39,861	37,967	37,922	39,369	38,715	35,178	36,953	39,001	40,149
Own account	4,430	4,305	4,924	4,537	4,413	4,494	5,355	4,634	4,597	4,481	5,018	5,297	5,216
International road freight by partner2
Goods loaded in France and unloaded abroad11	5,307	3,971	5,412	5,009	5,044	3,642	4,993	5,161	3,910	3,980	4,471	4,799	4,617
Belgium	1,877	1,410	1,834	1,715	1,778	911	1,927	1,517	1,366	1,163	1,787	1,576	1,663
Germany	628	613	778	1,088	655	609	592	922	565	683	537	721	618
Italy	561	470	427	584	516	446	488	561	558	351	362	527	606
Spain	670	342	463	467	591	431	474	645	404	601	374	550	257
Luxembourg	731	428	359	335	535	361	318	394	131	304	229	213	266
Switzerland	480	384	1,075	467	570	520	823	766	468	642	825	884	749
Netherlands	96	141	289	146	166	158	184	129	213	86	183	122	153
United Kingdom	227	145	147	183	216	183	164	206	192	151	168	201	272
Portugal	25	7	22	1	5	15	5	3	11				6
Austria	10	14	9	2		5	0	7	2				3
Poland		16			11			10
Goods loaded abroad and unloaded in France10	4,852	4,423	5,277	5,000	5,699	4,190	5,902	4,899	5,169	3,639	4,758	5,515	5,669
Belgium	2,172	1,957	2,578	2,017	2,238	1,640	2,546	1,790	2,546	1,359	2,565	2,190	2,543
Germany	851	888	975	903	783	716	566	1,305	639	659	783	1,127	1,100
Italy	579	484	440	627	508	603	540	645	546	433	480	559	669
Spain	482	317	431	346	711	361	539	632	501	519	338	806	480
Luxembourg	302	171	125	175	447	176	130	62	160	265	63	183	150
Switzerland	191	332	471	657	596	415	1,309	146	419	173	257	409	370
Netherlands	191	209	209	191	313	200	143	226	298	161	140	151	248
United Kingdom	76	41	40	55	77	66	94	77	51	69	110	86	82
Portugal		4	1	1			13	17	8		21		17
Austria		20	6	28	16		6						3
Cross-trade road freight4
Cross-trade, all countries1	264	289	196	447	165	125	144	275	147	156	339	236	154
Cross-trade for hire or reward	264	289	188	447	161	125	131	254	137	145	312	216	148
Cross-trade, tonne-kilometres	119	100	106	125	97	53	59	95	53	63	110	85	41
By country of loading9
Belgium	132	82	53	87	66	73	50	90	77	43	118	96	44
Germany	37	110	36	147	21	15	37	98	23	59	51	42	63
Netherlands	30	29	10	108	12	11	15	19	21	8	9	39	19
Luxembourg	32	33	10	66	15	6	2			2	129	25	14
Italy	22	12	17	12	13	5		0	4	8	11	7	6
Austria		8	31	7	5	5	6	3		7
Spain	5	4	13	6	16	5		8	3	6	10
United Kingdom	2	7	15		2		1	9		8			3
Switzerland		6			9		23			8	7	10	5
By country of unloading9
Germany	99	58	78	106	21	42	22	92	23	8	102	94	25
Belgium	45	82	49	115	33	15	36	43	33	38	103	66	33
Luxembourg	7	80		143	17	7	12	59	3	23	26		56
Netherlands	26	16	17	22	20	38	17	28	54	25	47	45	25
Switzerland	24	16		15	14		13		15	30	13	12	3
Italy	30		15	7	20	6	26			5	17	10	7
United Kingdom	19			22	4	7	7	6	8	6	14
Spain	13	12	15		12	4	6	21	11		11
Austria		15		12	7	5				7		1	6

Latest reading

Total road freight stood at 402,406 Thousand tonnes in Q4 2025. That is +6.5% from Q3 2025 and +1.1% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 1999 to Q4 2025. Source: Eurostat – road freight transport by type of operation, quarterly (road_go_tq_tott).

Latest: 402,406 Thousand tonnes; Q4 2025
vs previous period: +6.5%; Q3 2025
vs a year earlier: +1.1%

About this data

France road freight transport by quarter, including national and international journeys, from Eurostat. This quarterly dataset covers total road freight in thousand tonnes and million tonne-kilometres since 1990. It breaks down transport by type of operation, such as national transport, cross-trade, cabotage, and empty journeys. International road freight is also detailed by partner country, including Germany, Spain, and Italy.

Frequently asked questions

What does France road freight transport measure?: It measures the volume of goods transported by road by French-registered vehicles. The data is expressed in thousand tonnes for weight and million tonne-kilometres to reflect both weight and distance.
How is the road freight data broken down?: The dataset is broken down into national transport, international transport, cross-trade, and cabotage abroad. It also distinguishes between loaded and empty journeys, and between transport for hire or reward and own account.
Which international partners are included in France's road freight data?: The international road freight data includes breakdowns by partner countries. These include major European trading partners such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
How often is this French road freight data updated?: The data is published quarterly by Eurostat. The historical series for France's road freight transport are available starting from 1990.