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   "publisher": "Vektor Group",
   "title": "ADR 2027 Table A comparison, version 2026.09.1",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/adr-2027-changes",
   "geography": "ADR contracting parties",
   "mode_or_topic": "Dangerous goods rules",
   "reference_period": "ADR 2025 against ADR 2027; verified 24 August 2026",
   "access_boundary": "Free, no registration; JSON, CSV, XLSX",
   "licence_or_terms_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Which UN numbers and classes changed in Table A",
   "limitation": "Rule data, no tonnage; Table A only; not the official text"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "Eurostat",
   "title": "Road freight transport of dangerous goods (road_go_ta_dg)",
   "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/road_go_ta_dg?lang=en",
   "geography": "EU reporting countries, Norway, Switzerland; Malta excluded",
   "mode_or_topic": "Road, dangerous goods by ADR class",
   "reference_period": "1999 to 2025; updated 2026-09-17",
   "access_boundary": "Free data browser and API, no key",
   "licence_or_terms_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Road tkm, vehicle km and operations of dangerous goods by class",
   "limitation": "Vehicles registered in reporting country only; under 3.5 t loading capacity excluded; higher uncertainty for dangerous goods"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "International Transport Forum (OECD)",
   "title": "Annual freight transport (DSD_TRENDS@DF_TRENDSFREIGHT)",
   "url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ITF,DSD_TRENDS@DF_TRENDSFREIGHT,/all?startPeriod=2015",
   "geography": "ITF member countries",
   "mode_or_topic": "Rail, road, inland waterways, pipeline",
   "reference_period": "to 2024",
   "access_boundary": "Free SDMX API, CSV",
   "licence_or_terms_url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Cross country inland freight tkm by mode",
   "limitation": "tkm only; 31 areas with a 2024 road value in our download"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "UK Department for Transport",
   "title": "Road freight statistics (RFS01, RFS02)",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-freight-domestic-and-international-statistics",
   "geography": "UK registered HGVs",
   "mode_or_topic": "Road",
   "reference_period": "Calendar 2025; April 2025 to March 2026",
   "access_boundary": "Free ODS tables",
   "licence_or_terms_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Goods lifted, goods moved, vehicle km of British HGVs",
   "limitation": "International 2025 release paused until later in 2026"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "US Bureau of Transportation Statistics",
   "title": "Freight Analysis Framework, FAF6",
   "url": "https://www.bts.gov/faf",
   "geography": "United States, states and metro areas",
   "mode_or_topic": "All modes, 42 commodities",
   "reference_period": "Base year 2022",
   "access_boundary": "Free CSV and MS Access",
   "licence_or_terms_url": "not established",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "US origin destination freight tonnage and value by mode",
   "limitation": "Modelled estimates; US only"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "UNCTAD with the World Bank",
   "title": "Trade-and-Transport Dataset (experimental)",
   "url": "https://unctadstat-api.unctad.org/api/reportMetadata/US.TransportCosts",
   "geography": "Bilateral, origin and destination economies",
   "mode_or_topic": "International freight costs by mode",
   "reference_period": "Annual from 2016; updated 2024-04-29",
   "access_boundary": "Free UNCTADstat viewer",
   "licence_or_terms_url": "not established",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Freight rates and transport expenditure by mode and route",
   "limitation": "Experimental; last data year not established"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "World Bank",
   "title": "Logistics Performance Index",
   "url": "https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0038649/logistics-performance-index",
   "geography": "National",
   "mode_or_topic": "Logistics performance perceptions",
   "reference_period": "2007 to 2023",
   "access_boundary": "Free CSV, Excel, API",
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   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Comparing perceived logistics performance between countries",
   "limitation": "Survey perceptions, not volumes or prices"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "UN Statistics Division",
   "title": "UN Comtrade",
   "url": "https://comtradeplus.un.org/TradeFlow?Frequency=A",
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   "mode_or_topic": "Merchandise and services trade",
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   "licence_or_terms_url": "https://comtradeplus.un.org/LicenseAgreement",
   "reviewed_date": "2026-10-08",
   "use": "Trade value and quantity by commodity and partner",
   "limitation": "Not freight demand; mode is border crossing; redistribution needs written permission"
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