France regional rail freight tonnage: Brittany
France regional rail freight tonnage: Brittany stood at 0.14 million tonnes in 2025, according to SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique). It is one of the indicators in the Freight transport (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2016 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Freight transport (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French regions | |||||||||||
| Brittany | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.18 | |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 4.55 | 4.15 | 3.81 | 4.69 | 6.22 | 4.29 | 4.63 | 3.78 | 4.11 | 4.76 |
Understanding france regional rail freight tonnage: Brittany
Freight shipments originating exclusively within the designated administrative boundaries of the specified region are quantified by this metric, focusing strictly on the physical mass loaded onto rail wagons. The measurement includes all weight categories of commercial cargo dispatched from local railheads, regardless of whether the final destination lies within domestic borders or crosses international frontiers. Transit traffic passing through the territory without being loaded locally is entirely excluded from this count, ensuring the figures isolate the regional supply origin. Compared against aggregate national rail totals or sibling rows representing alternative administrative territories, this regional filter highlights local industrial output dispatch volumes rather than general system-wide throughput.
Interpreting annual movements requires accounting for potential revisions stemming from late reporting by freight operators or adjustments in regional boundary classifications. Because these figures reflect full-year aggregation, short-term operational disruptions or seasonal bottlenecks are smoothed out, making direct annual comparisons more reliable than shorter intervals. Analysts evaluating these mass totals should avoid treating changes in weight as direct proxies for economic value, as shifts between heavy bulk commodities and lighter manufactured goods can alter tonnage figures independently of financial output. Comparing this regional loading metric with transport performance figures measured in tonne-kilometres helps clarify whether local goods travel short distances to nearby hubs or undergo long-haul transit across the wider rail network.
Frequently asked questions
- What freight is included in this regional loading measure?
- All commercial cargo loaded onto rail wagons at facilities within the specified regional boundaries, regardless of final destination.
- Does this series count goods passing through the region in transit?
- No, transit shipments that are neither loaded nor originated locally are excluded to preserve the integrity of regional dispatch data.
- Why might tonnage change without a corresponding shift in economic value?
- Variations in the mix of heavy raw materials versus lighter manufactured goods can alter total physical mass independently of financial worth.