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 Tonne-kilometre in domestic transport (tkm) on heavy goods road vehicles
Characteristic Description
Name Tonne-kilometre in domestic transport (tkm) on heavy goods road vehicles by Geographic localization (Mainland), Type of body and Goods transported; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Road freight transport survey
First available period 2004
Last available period 2007
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Mainland)
  • Type of body
  • Goods transported
Concepts
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • TONNE-KILOMETRE BY ROAD:  A unit of measurement representing the transport by road of one tonne of goods over one kilometre.
  • LARGE GOODS VEHICLE:  Goods road transport vehicle with a gross weight above 3,500 kg, including the lorry and road tractor.
Measure unit (symbol) Tonne-kilometre (tkm)
Power of 10  6
Observations
Last update date 15/02/2012


information presented in 1/11/2025