Carriage of goods by lorry, Q3 2000

137 500 lorries passed the border in the 3rd quarter 2000, the increase from 1999 was 1.3 per cent.

The Norwegian vehicles carried a share of 43.1 per cent of the total tonnage carried across the border in the 3rd quarter 2000, while the Swedish registered vehicles carried a share of 38.1 per cent. The figures for the same period in 1999 were 43.8 and 38.2 per cent, respectively. In the nine first months of the year the Norwegian vehicles carried over 3.0 million tonnes goods in and out of Norway, an increase from 1999 of 3.2 per cent.

The traffic over Svinesund is stable

Svinesund Custom Office carried a share of 48 per cent of the total tonnage carried, almost the same as in the same period 1999.

Tables:

• Table 1 Carriage of goods by lorry across national border. Number of lorries entered and departed and tonnage carried. Quarter
• Table 2 Carriage of goods by lorry across national border, by nationality of lorry. Number of lorries entered and tonnage carried. Month
• Table 3 Carriage of goods by lorry across national border, by nationality of lorry. Number of lorries departed and tonnage carried. Month
• Table 4 Carriage of goods by lorry across national border. Number of lorries entered and tonnage carried, by nationality of lorry and Customs Office.
• Table 5 Carriage of goods by lorry across national border. Number of lorries departed and tonnage carried, by nationality of lorry and Customs Office.