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1.1. Contact organisation | Statbel (Direction générale Statistique - Statistics Belgium) |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Directorate Territory Statistics - Transport Statistics |
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1.5. Contact mail address | North Gate - Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 16, 1000 Bruxelles |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 08/12/2021 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 30/06/2023 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 30/06/2023 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
Road freight data collection consists of three datasets with quarterly periodicity: |
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3.2. Classification system | |||
Statistics on carriage of goods by road apply the following statistical classifications:
The optional variable type of cargo follows the Classification of Cargo Types of UNECE (United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe - codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials, Recommendation 21 adopted by the Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures, Geneva, March 1986). |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
all sectors |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
The main concepts used in Road freight statistics are the following, more details can be found in the Road freight transport methodology manual : A goods road motor vehicle is any single road transport vehicle (lorry), or combination of road vehicles, namely road train (lorry with trailer) or articulated vehicle (road tractor with semi-trailer), designed to carry goods
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
The reporting unit for road freight transport statistics is the goods road transport vehicle or the local unit (a site of a company, as identified in the national business register). |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
As the total number of statistical units (most commonly vehicles) is very large, sample surveys are carried out to collect information. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
The data provided are goods vehicles registered in the declaring country uniquely. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
weekly survey - all weeks of the reference yaer |
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3.9. Base period | |||
weekly survey |
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Data are collected in tonnes, tonne-kilometres, vehicle-kilometres and in number of journeys (journey data) or in number of basic transport operations (BTO (goods related data)). |
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2023 The road data are collected on a quarterly basis and are reported to Eurostat five months after the end of the reference period. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
National level:
European level: |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
National level :
From Eurostat : Eurostat submits annually semi-aggregated data (data exchange tables, see Commission Regulation (EU) No 202/2010 amending the Commission Regulation (EC) 6/2003) back to the reporting countries so that they can compile the total road freight transport on their national territories, including the operations by national hauliers and also those of all other reporting countries. These data exchange tables include more detailed breakdowns than the publicly available tables. They also include, for each value, the information on the number of observations that the estimates are based on. In this way, the reporting countries can estimate the reliability of results that they aggregate from the data exchange tables. |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
National level:
European level:
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Only aggregated data are disseminated. |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Road freight transport statistics is published yearly according the release calender of the NSI. Publication is on the website (statbel.fgov.be). |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
The release calendar is publicly available on the website of the NSI. |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Main results of road freight transport statistics are available on the website of Statistics Belgium (statbel.fgov.be). |
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Road freight transport statistics are published yearly according the release calender of the NSI. Publication is on the website (statbel.fgov.be). Yearly - about 10 months after the end of the reference period |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Road freight transport statistics is published yearly according the release calender of the NSI. Publication is on the website (statbel.fgov.be). News release are published after 10 months of the end of the reference period. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Road freight transport statistics is published yearly according the release calender of the NSI. Publication is on the website (statbel.fgov.be). News release are published after 10 months of the end of the reference period |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
No online database available. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Only aggregated data are disseminated. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
none |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
National characteristics of surveys, conducted in the reporting countries in 2017, were published in Methodologies used in surveys of road freight transport in Member States, EFTA and Candidate Countries. This latter publication also contains data on response rates, vehicle registers' quality, sampling rates and statistical errors in surveys carried out in 2016. |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
According to general rules, procedures and documentation of the NSI. |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Before data are sent to Eurostat and before official release of the results on the Statbel-website, data are validated according the NSI rules and procedures. |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
no information available |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
The key users of road freight transport statistics collected according to the REGULATION (EU) N° 70/2012 are:
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
not known |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
not known |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
Overall accuracy of the road freight transport statistics data is good. The processing with several plausibilty checks as well as checks done before transmitting data to Eurostat provides a satisfactory accuracy of the data. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
default |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
The accuracy of the data depends on the data delivered by the respondent. In case of doubt, the respondent is contacted. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
Data are normally updated once per quarter. If new annual data (all four quarters of a calendar year) have become available, the annual datasets are also updated together with the quarterly datasets. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
Road freight data are transmitted to Eurostat within 5 months after the end of the reference period, as specified in the Regulation (EU) 70//2012. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
Data are collected and send to Eurostat on a NUTS3-level. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
Results are compared with the previous quarter/year and the same quarter of the previous year. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
There are no cross-domain coherence checks so far. |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
Data published by Eurostat and by the NSI are coherent since they use the same data as input. |
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The response burden is put on the respondents. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
Before data are sent to Eurostat and before official release of the results on the Statbel-website, data are validated according the NSI rules and procedures. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
Revised data are sent to Eurostat and published yearly. |
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18.1. Source data | |||
Sampling register used for the survey
Name of register: Register of Motor Vehicles Name of organisation who maintains the register: Ministry of Mobility and Transport Frequency of update: Monthly Frequency of access to draw the samples: Weekly Arrangements for accessing the register: The register is obtained by file transfer Information obtained from the register: Name and address of owner, license plate number, chassis number, VAT-number, load capacity, type of vehicle, type of body, brand. Stratification: load capacity and type of body Procedure for reminders: One reminder is sent after 1 month. Response rate: 50-60 % |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Data are collected on a weekly basis and calculated on a quarterly basis. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Sampling methodology
Statistical unit: Tractive vehicle Types of units excluded: Agricultural vehicles, military vehicles, public administration and public service vehicles and vehicles not destined to the transport of goods. Vehicles with a load capacity of less than 1 tonne. Time unit: 1 week Time units of quarter 1 of 2023 included in the survey: All (13 weeks) Stratification: The sample is stratified according to 2 criteria: own account versus hire or reward and load capacity (9 classes): this gives 18 strata. Recording of weight of goods: Gross weight of goods is collected, i.e. containers swap bodies and pallets are excluded. Recording of journey data sent to Eurostat: Single stop: There is a 1-to-1 relation between journeys and goods (1 journey = 1 (main) good). Multi stop: The distance taken into account for the calculation of the tonne-kilometres is the 2/3 of the total course in loading. Collection/delivery: The distance taken into account for the calculation of the tonne-kilometres is the half of the total course in loading. Calculation of weighting factors:
N = number of vehicles in the register (in a stratum) S = number of questionnaires used in analysis (in A1 dataset) S’ = number of vehicles for which no activity was recorded, but vehicles could be considered as active (holiday, no work, etc.)
Optional variables covered: A1. Vehicle-related variables:
A2. Journey-related variables: none
A3. Goods-related variables: none
Additional variables collected compared to the legal requirements: Environmental impact related variables: none |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
National level : comparison with results of previous quarter and same quarter of the previous year From Eurostat : Since 1999, micro-data from the reporting countries have to be submitted according to Commission Regulation 2163/2001. The data are then checked and validated by EUROSTAT (verification of many different codes used (NUTS 3, numeric or alphabetic variables) correctness of linked questionnaires in the different dataset, etc ). Detected errors are then reported back to the data sender with the request for correction, this is an iterative process until at least 99.5% of all data records are validated and loaded in the database. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
After various plausibility checks, the data received from the respondents are compiled into quarterly data following the structure of the data sets which are preset by regulation (EC) 70/2012 |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Road freight data are not adjusted. |
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