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Austrian road freight fell to 549.4 million tonnes in 2025

Statistics Austria reported a 0.6% annual decline in volume, alongside lower transport performance.

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Goods carried by road totalled 549.4 million tonnes in 2025, down 0.6% from 2024, according to annual results published by Statistics Austria on October 12. The agency said this was the lowest volume since 2016.

Transport performance fell 0.9% to 52.9 billion tonne-kilometres. The agency’s table separates domestic transport, receipts, dispatches and transit from the total tonnage; tonnes measure freight mass, while tonne-kilometres also account for distance.

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Road freight, 2025

Statistics Austria annual estimates.

Total goods volume549402474-0.6
Domestic transport340507271—
Receipts68173798—
Dispatches64298042—
Transit76423362—
Methodology

Volume is measured in tonnes and transport performance in tonne-kilometres; the indicators are distinct and must not be added. The secondary/model-based series weights Statistics Austria, Eurostat and CAFT sources with ASFINAG toll data.

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