Disappointing EEC quota
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For the third year running road transport firms are likely to be disappointed by the increase in the number of international licences issued under the EEC's quota system.
The latest statistics from Brus sels, indicate that the growth in and that there has been an in road tonnage in the EEC is falling below the industry's earlier expectations.
The EEC Commission, is holding to its forecast increase of Only two per cent this year, to 168 million tonnes.
On the basis of this low growth rate, EEC officials say they can propose only a modest increase in the quota for next year.
A break-down of the figures reveals that EEC road tonnage showed a strong growth of 4.2% during the last quarter of 1981.
By the end of the year road hauliers had achieved a record 39.5 per cent share of the transport market at the expense of both the railways and waterways.
"International road haulage between the UK and other member states has staged a remarkable recovery since the middle of 1981, although it must be remembered that the figures refer to driver-accompanied vehicles crease in empty running," states the EEC in its publication 'Market Developments."
The trend continued during January . and February of this year but by March and April the growth had tailed off.
First-quarter figures show that 49 per cent of EEC road haulage firms found demand stable and this increased to 59 per cent in the second quarter.
In Britain the corresponding figures were 60 and 68 per cent.