Overview:

Road Freight: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Road Freight industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).
* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global road freight sector grew by 8.5% in 2010 to reach a value of $1,720.4 billion.
In 2015, the global road freight sector is forecast to have a value of $2,197.9 billion, an increase of 27.8% since 2010.
The global road freight sector grew by 7.8% in 2010 to reach a volume of 9,721.2 billion FTKs.
In 2015, the global road freight sector is forecast to have a volume of 12,350.5 billion FTKs, an increase of 27% since 2010.
Americas accounts for 55.8% of the global road freight sector value.

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Market Definition

The road freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by road. Units of volumes are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Road freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report are counted in the country of origin. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2009 annual average exchange rates.

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
INTRODUCTION 25
What is this report about? 25
Who is the target reader? 25
How to use this report 25
Definitions 25
GLOBAL ROAD FREIGHT 26
Market overview 26
Market value 27
Market volume 28
Market Segmentation II 29
Five forces analysis 30
Market forecasts 36
ROAD FREIGHT IN ASIA-PACIFIC 38
Market overview 38
Market value 39
Market volume 40
Market Segmentation II 41
Five forces analysis 42
Market forecasts 48
ROAD FREIGHT IN EUROPE 50
Market overview 50
Market value 51
Market volume 52
Market Segmentation II 53
Five forces analysis 54
Market forecasts 60
ROAD FREIGHT IN FRANCE 62
Market overview 62
Market value 63
Market volume 64
Market Segmentation II 65
Five forces analysis 66
Market forecasts 72
Macroeconomic indicators 74
ROAD FREIGHT IN GERMANY 76
Market overview 76
Market value 77
Market volume 78
Market Segmentation II 79
Five forces analysis 80
Market forecasts 86
Macroeconomic indicators 88
ROAD FREIGHT IN ITALY 90
Market overview 90
Market value 91
Market volume 92
Market Segmentation II 93
Five forces analysis 94
Market forecasts 100
Macroeconomic indicators 102
ROAD FREIGHT IN JAPAN 104
Market overview 104
Market value 105
Market volume 106
Market Segmentation II 107
Five forces analysis 108
Market forecasts 114
Macroeconomic indicators 116
ROAD FREIGHT IN BELGIUM 118
Market overview 118
Market value 119
Market volume 120
Market Segmentation II 121
Five forces analysis 122
Market forecasts 128
Macroeconomic indicators 130
ROAD FREIGHT IN CANADA 132
Market overview 132
Market value 133
Market volume 134
Market Segmentation II 135
Five forces analysis 136
Market forecasts 142
Macroeconomic indicators 144
ROAD FREIGHT IN CHINA 146
Market overview 146
Market value 147
Market volume 148
Market Segmentation II 149
Five forces analysis 150
Market forecasts 156
Macroeconomic indicators 158
ROAD FREIGHT IN THE NETHERLANDS 160
Market overview 160
Market value 161
Market volume 162
Market Segmentation II 163
Five forces analysis 164
Market forecasts 170
Macroeconomic indicators 172
ROAD FREIGHT IN SPAIN 174
Market overview 174
Market value 175
Market volume 176
Market Segmentation II 177
Five forces analysis 178
Market forecasts 184
Macroeconomic indicators 186
ROAD FREIGHT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 188
Market overview 188
Market value 189
Market volume 190
Market Segmentation II 191
Five forces analysis 192
Market forecasts 198
Macroeconomic indicators 200
ROAD FREIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES 202
Market overview 202
Market value 203
Market volume 204
Market Segmentation II 205
Five forces analysis 206
Market forecasts 212
Macroeconomic indicators 214
COMPANY PROFILES 216
Deutsche Post DHL 216
FedEx Corporation 221
Kuehne + Nagel International AG 227
United Parcel Service, Inc. 233
APPENDIX 238
Data Research Methodology 238

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 27
Table 2: Global road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 28
Table 3: Global road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 29
Table 4: Global road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 36
Table 5: Global road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 37
Table 6: Asia-Pacific road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 39
Table 7: Asia–Pacific road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 40
Table 8: Asia-Pacific road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 41
Table 9: Asia-Pacific road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 48
Table 10: Asia–Pacific road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 49
Table 11: Europe road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 51
Table 12: Europe road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 52
Table 13: Europe road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 53
Table 14: Europe road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 60
Table 15: Europe road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 61
Table 16: France road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 63
Table 17: France road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 64
Table 18: France road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 65
Table 19: France road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 72
Table 20: France road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 73
Table 21: France size of population (million), 2006–10 74
Table 22: France gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 74
Table 23: France gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 74
Table 24: France inflation, 2006–10 75
Table 25: France consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 75
Table 26: France exchange rate, 2006–10 75
Table 27: Germany road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 77
Table 28: Germany road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 78
Table 29: Germany road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 79
Table 30: Germany road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 86
Table 31: Germany road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 87
Table 32: Germany size of population (million), 2006–10 88
Table 33: Germany gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 88
Table 34: Germany gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 88
Table 35: Germany inflation, 2006–10 89
Table 36: Germany consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 89
Table 37: Germany exchange rate, 2006–10 89
Table 38: Italy road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 91
Table 39: Italy road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 92
Table 40: Italy road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 93
Table 41: Italy road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 100
Table 42: Italy road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 101
Table 43: Italy size of population (million), 2006–10 102
Table 44: Italy gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 102
Table 45: Italy gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 102
Table 46: Italy inflation, 2006–10 103
Table 47: Italy consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 103
Table 48: Italy exchange rate, 2006–10 103
Table 49: Japan road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 105
Table 50: Japan road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 106
Table 51: Japan road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 107
Table 52: Japan road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 114
Table 53: Japan road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 115
Table 54: Japan size of population (million), 2006–10 116
Table 55: Japan gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 116
Table 56: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 116
Table 57: Japan inflation, 2006–10 117
Table 58: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 117
Table 59: Japan exchange rate, 2006–10 117
Table 60: Belgium road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 119
Table 61: Belgium road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 120
Table 62: Belgium road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 121
Table 63: Belgium road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 128
Table 64: Belgium road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 129
Table 65: Belgium size of population (million), 2006–10 130
Table 66: Belgium gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 130
Table 67: Belgium gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 130
Table 68: Belgium inflation, 2006–10 131
Table 69: Belgium consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 131
Table 70: Belgium exchange rate, 2006–10 131
Table 71: Canada road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 133
Table 72: Canada road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 134
Table 73: Canada road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 135
Table 74: Canada road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 142
Table 75: Canada road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 143
Table 76: Canada size of population (million), 2006–10 144
Table 77: Canada gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 144
Table 78: Canada gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 144
Table 79: Canada inflation, 2006–10 145
Table 80: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 145
Table 81: Canada exchange rate, 2006–10 145
Table 82: China road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 147
Table 83: China road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 148
Table 84: China road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 149
Table 85: China road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 156
Table 86: China road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 157
Table 87: China size of population (million), 2006–10 158
Table 88: China gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 158
Table 89: China gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 158
Table 90: China inflation, 2006–10 159
Table 91: China consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 159
Table 92: China exchange rate, 2006–10 159
Table 93: Netherlands road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 161
Table 94: Netherlands road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 162
Table 95: Netherlands road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 163
Table 96: Netherlands road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 170
Table 97: Netherlands road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 171
Table 98: Netherlands size of population (million), 2006–10 172
Table 99: Netherlands gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 172
Table 100: Netherlands gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 172
Table 101: Netherlands inflation, 2006–10 173
Table 102: Netherlands consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 173
Table 103: Netherlands exchange rate, 2006–10 173
Table 104: Spain road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 175
Table 105: Spain road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 176
Table 106: Spain road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 177
Table 107: Spain road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 184
Table 108: Spain road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 185
Table 109: Spain size of population (million), 2006–10 186
Table 110: Spain gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 186
Table 111: Spain gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 186
Table 112: Spain inflation, 2006–10 187
Table 113: Spain consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 187
Table 114: Spain exchange rate, 2006–10 187
Table 115: United Kingdom road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 189
Table 116: United Kingdom road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 190
Table 117: United Kingdom road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 191
Table 118: United Kingdom road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 198
Table 119: United Kingdom road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 199
Table 120: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2006–10 200
Table 121: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 200
Table 122: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 200
Table 123: United Kingdom inflation, 2006–10 201
Table 124: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 201
Table 125: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2006–10 201
Table 126: United States road freight sector value: $ billion, 2006–10 203
Table 127: United States road freight sector volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10 204
Table 128: United States road freight sector segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 205
Table 129: United States road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 212
Table 130: United States road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 213
Table 131: United States size of population (million), 2006–10 214
Table 132: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 214
Table 133: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 214
Table 134: United States inflation, 2006–10 215
Table 135: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 215
Table 136: United States exchange rate, 2006–10 215
Table 137: Deutsche Post DHL: key facts 216
Table 138: Deutsche Post DHL: key financials ($) 218
Table 139: Deutsche Post DHL: key financials (€) 218
Table 140: Deutsche Post DHL: key financial ratios 218
Table 141: FedEx Corporation: key facts 221
Table 142: FedEx Corporation: key financials ($) 224
Table 143: FedEx Corporation: key financial ratios 224
Table 144: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key facts 227
Table 145: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financials ($) 230
Table 146: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financials () 230
Table 147: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financial ratios 230
Table 148: United Parcel Service, Inc.: key facts 233
Table 149: United Parcel Service, Inc.: key financials ($) 235
Table 150: United Parcel Service, Inc.: key financial ratios 235