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Transport of goods by road. Transport operations

Transport of goods by road. Transport operations. Origin in Catalonia Catalonia. 2023
Operations Operations with load Operations with load (%) Tons transported (thousands) Tons per km (millions)
Destination
Andalusia 224,885 215,858 96.0 2,816.9 2,612
Aragon 1,015,830 705,437 69.4 12,226.9 2,571
Asturias 26,722 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 351.7 305
Balearic Is .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Canary Islands .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Cantabria 34,526 33,860 98.1 451.6 308
Castile-La Mancha 187,396 173,632 92.7 2,655.8 1,575
Castile and Leon 130,966 123,853 94.6 1,821.5 1,175
Valencia 836,402 632,874 75.7 9,415.7 3,029
Extremadura 16,563 15,817 95.5 241.9 234
Galicia 85,664 83,703 97.7 895.0 957
Madrid 371,783 351,878 94.6 4,835.4 2,930
Murcia 140,628 127,202 90.5 1,785.8 1,052
Navarra 73,868 65,069 88.1 995.9 421
Basque Country 124,658 117,371 94.2 1,818.5 1,022
Rioja, la 42,658 36,523 85.6 643.8 276
Ceuta and Melilla .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 3,383,000 2,772,598 82.0 41,957.4 18,515
Source: Spanish Ministry of Public Works. Permanent survey of transport of goods by road.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Transport of goods by road. Transport operations. Destination in Catalonia Catalonia. 2023
Operations Operations with load Operations with load (%) Tons transported (thousands) Tons per km (millions)
Origin
Andalusia 217,664 208,570 95.8 3,096.8 3,004
Aragón 950,884 556,794 58.6 9,454.1 2,075
Asturias 20,840 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 207.7 334
Balearics .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Canary Islands .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Cantabria 26,405 24,848 94.1 384.9 240
Castile-La Mancha 253,569 238,174 93.9 2,356.9 1,861
Castile and León 133,547 123,417 92.4 2,546.3 1,263
C. Valenciana 760,716 605,682 79.6 8,062.4 3,051
Extremadura 16,980 16,548 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 357.8 298
Galicia 81,689 81,082 99.3 836.7 1,052
Madrid 288,789 275,857 95.5 2,890.6 2,396
Murcia 112,774 104,390 92.6 1,101.6 759
Navarra 95,079 84,834 89.2 1,225.7 522
Basque Country 129,468 120,203 92.8 2,166.4 1,034
Rioja, la 51,177 41,892 81.9 474.4 276
Ceuta and Melilla .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 3,197,165 2,527,793 79.1 35,295.7 18,194
Source: Spanish Ministry of Public Works. Permanent survey of transport of goods by road.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Transport of goods by road. Transport operations. Transport within Catalonia Catalonia. 2023
Operations Operations with load Operations with load (%) Tons transported (thousands) Tons per km (millions)
Total 30,806,694 14,044,034 45.6 196,095.0 9,244
Source: Spanish Ministry of Public Works. Permanent survey of transport of goods by road.

Last update: December 17, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Transport operation
Displacement of a single kind of merchandise from one loading point to one unloading point. Therefore, displacement in the same vehicle of two different types of merchandise is considered two separate transport operations. When the vehicle is empty, this is also considered a transport operation.
Tonnes transported
It reflects the weight of the merchandise transported in each operation of transport. The gross weight is considered, that is, besides the weight of the tonnes transported, the weight of the packing, and, if necessary, the weight of the container are included.

Methodological aspects

Data about road freight transport from the Permanent Survey on Road Freight Transport (EPTMC) issued by the Ministry of Developement are presented. The object of this survey is a continous sampling investigation, its main aim is to investigate the transport operations of heavy goods vehicles registered in Spain in order to be able to measure the activity level of this sector.

Transport operations: when dealing with road transport, the flows with outermost communities, Ceuta and Melilla are not significant, although they are included in the totals.

Freight transport is not included when the origin and destination is Catalonia (internal transport).

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".