IRU forecasts emerging markets will show a rising trend of highway freight

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) released the latest data show, the European road freight transport sector in 2013 will once again stalled, while emerging market will show a rising trend.
IRU represents the 73 countries worldwide passenger and Freight Transport Association, it in the road transport index based on the latest, combined with the factors of the growth of GDP, pointed out that in 2012 the EU countries fell again in the highway transportation, structure in GDP tightening 0.3%. European economic growth in 2013 will remain stagnant, is expected to recover gradually, to 2014 will be better.
IRU prediction, if the transport tonnage to measure words, highway transportation of EU's performance in 2012 remain stagnant, estimated in 2013 that only slightly increased by 0.7%.
However, this presents the North-South differences apparent across europe. IRU points out that, in the economy just passable regions (such as from Finland to France this area), their performance is slightly better than the other, but Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal remain stagnant. In contrast, from the GDP and transport tonnage, the BRICs outperformed the EU countries, and this advantage lasted until 2013.
In 2012, the BRICs' GDP growth of 7%, the highway transport volume (tons) is compared with the same period in excess of 6.5%. In the period of 2011-2012, their GDP rose 5%, an increase of 6% tons of transportation.
IRU prediction, the BRICs GDP2013 years is expected to grow 6.3%, road transportation volume will be more than the previous year 6.7%.
MYEX min Asia International Express
2013-03-23