2.4.4 The construction sector is one of the most intensive consumers of freight services in all developed countries. This is illustrated in Figure 2.9 and Figure 2.10 which present the commodity types carried on road in Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively, though with some minor differences in the commodity type classifications that they publish.
The yellow squares represent the tonnes lifted in each commodity type.
They show that in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, by far the largest volume of tonnes lifted is in the category: minerals and building materials.