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Table H2 Summary of freight traffic 1

(a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes

Year 2

Road
lifted in
Scotland

Rail
lifted in
Scotland

Coastal
ship-
ping
see
notes

Coast-
wise
ship-
ping
lifted in
Scotland

Inland
water-
way
lifted in
Scotland

Pipeline
see
notes

Road
lifted in
Scotland

Rail
lifted in
Scotland

Coastal
ship-
ping
see
notes

Coast-
wise
ship-
lifted in
Scotland

Inland
water-
way
lifted in
Scotland

Pipeline 3
see
notes

millions of tonnes lifted

Index, 1985 = 100

1960

..

29.8

..

..

..

..

..

248

..

..

..

..

1961

..

28.1

..

..

..

..

..

234

..

..

..

..

1962

..

24.7

..

..

..

..

..

206

..

..

..

..

1963

..

24.6

..

..

..

..

..

205

..

..

..

..

1964

..

25.4

..

..

..

..

..

212

..

..

..

..

1965

..

24.3

..

..

..

..

..

203

..

..

..

..

1966

..

21.4

..

..

..

..

..

178

..

..

..

..

1967

..

20.0

..

..

..

..

..

167

..

..

..

..

1968

..

20.9

..

..

..

..

..

174

..

..

..

..

1969

..

21.1

..

..

..

..

..

176

..

..

..

..

1970

..

20.8

..

..

..

..

..

173

..

..

..

..

1971

..

20.0

..

..

..

..

..

167

..

..

..

..

1972

..

18.1

..

..

..

..

..

151

..

..

..

..

1973

..

19.3

5.7

..

..

8.0

..

161

17

..

..

27

1974

160.7

17.9

5.7

..

..

7.5

123

149

17

..

..

25

1975

164.6

16.1

4.9

..

..

6.3

126

134

14

..

..

21

1976

172.0

16.2

7.0

..

..

11.9

132

135

20

..

..

40

1977

144.7

14.0

13.6

..

..

23.2

111

117

40

..

..

78

1978

149.5

13.8

18.6

..

..

26.4

115

115

54

..

..

89

1979

156.9

12.0

23.8

..

..

27.9

120

100

69

..

..

94

1980

134.7

11.7

33.5

..

8.1

26.7

103

98

98

..

76

90

1981

144.1

12.2

33.2

..

7.3

24.1

110

102

97

..

69

81

1982

135.4

10.4

34.5

..

10.4

22.4

104

87

101

..

98

75

1983

129.1

10.3

37.3

..

12.1

26.5

99

86

109

..

114

89

1984

128.3

6.4

35.6

..

10.0

26.9

98

53

104

..

94

90

1985

130.5

12.0

34.3

..

10.7

29.8

100

100

100

..

100

100

1986

128.0

9.7

32.3

..

11.0

28.2

98

81

94

..

103

95

1987

134.9

10.5

28.6

24.1

10.3

28.5

103

88

83

..

97

96

1988

155.7

9.7

31.9

28.3

10.2

25.2

119

81

93

..

96

85

1989

154.8

9.4

32.5

28.3

10.4

21.3

119

78

95

..

97

71

1990

160.6

9.8

29.9

25.2

11.9

26.9

123

82

87

..

112

90

1991

148.8

9.0

31.6

26.7

11.3

21.4

114

75

92

..

106

72

1992

157.1

7.0

30.1

25.7

10.7

24.0

120

58

88

..

100

81

1993

158.9

5.0

29.0

24.5

11.4

26.9

122

42

85

..

107

90

1994

155.8

5.4

32.0

27.5

11.2

24.1

119

45

93

..

105

81

1995

157.7

..

35.9

31.9

11.2

25.6

121

..

105

..

105

86

1996

162.4

5.4

40.3

36.2

11.1

25.6

124

45

117

..

104

86

1997

157.4

7.0

39.4

34.5

11.6

25.7

121

59

115

..

109

86

1998

155.6

7.7

45.7

39.7

10.4

28.1

119

64

133

..

97

94

1999 4

155.8

8.2

41.3

35.3

9.5

28.0

119

69

120

..

89

94

2000

158.5

8.3

30.9

24.7

12.2

28.1

121

69

90

..

115

94

2001

150.8

9.6

27.4

20.6

11.4

28.1

116

80

80

..

107

94

2002

154.4

9.1

24.5

19.2

10.0

28.0

118

76

71

..

94

94

2003 5

153.4

8.3

24.4

19.5

10.1

27.7

118

69

71

..

94

93

2004

173.1

11.3

25.8

20.5

10.0

27.6

133

94

75

..

94

93

2005

165.6

14.3

31.4

25.5

10.2

27.6

127

119

92

..

96

93

2006

172.4

13.0

25.7

20.1

10.2

27.8

132

108

75

..

95

93

2007

..

..

..

..

..

27.5

..

..

..

..

..

92

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland. The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way: the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland. The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length. This table does not show "one port" traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail" from 1985, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the "rail" figures for "1997" are for "1997-98").
3. Over 50km
4. A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.
5. Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.

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