These market volumes combine all expenses for logistics services that were borne in 2012 for the countries indicated. It includes the figures of outsourced logistics services that are performed by the specialised service providers of each country, as well as logistics activities brought in by industrial companies themselves. Therefore the market size is not based on turnover, as there is no turnover generated in industrial companies with logistics activities. The market size is based on costs emerging for personnel, vehicles, stock, and administration and planning of logistical activities. The total logistics expenses amount to € 877.8 bn for the EU Member States9, which are ranked by total market size.
The following figure provides an EU27 time series (without Croatia for comparison) with the percentage share of EU27 GDP presented in the bottom row. The GDP share