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An island State in Northern Europe, the United Kingdom has more than 66 million inhabitants. Member since 1973, the country left the European Union on 31 January 2020. It is not a member of the Eurozone. However, the United Kingdom benefits from an open market where economic operators have long traded with neighboring countries.

The United Kingdom is part of the European program of CNR. The first study on its RFT sector was carried out in 2019.
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Europe Area summary

RFT* evolution in France and in the United Kingdom


Transport total (millions of t.km)	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
France	206,304	173,621	182,193	185,685	172,445	171,472	165,225	153,580	155,843	167,691
United Kingdom	160,296	139,536	146,685	148,733	150,949	139,703	135,393	150,101	155,042	153,939
Domestic transport (millions of t.km)	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
France	181,879	156,021	164,325	168,242	156,449	155,712	151,112	141,242	144,205	155,876
United Kingdom	151,145	131,616	137,753	139,916	142,552	131,334	127,672	142,868	148,721	147,349
International Transport (millions of t.km)	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
France	24,425	17,600	17,868	17,443	15,996	15,760	14,113	12,339	11,638	11,815
United Kingdom	9,151	7,921	8,932	8,816	8,397	8,369	7,721	7,233	6,321	6,590

* in EU + Norway + Switzerland + Liechtenstein

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Comparison of operating conditions and costs excluding overhead costs, for a 40-tonne HGV operated on long distance international routes, 2018 conditions, cost values updates in 2019

	Unit	France (statistic)	United Kingdom (simulation)
Yearly mileage of vehicle	km	115,320	118,450
Number of operating days	days/yr	229	238
Semitrailer/tractor ratio		1.44	1.27
Driver cost	€/yr	49,019	46,689
Driver/tractor ratio		1.05	1.05
Yearly cost of vehicle financing and possession	€/yr	15,673	15,437
Average consumption per 100 km	litres	31.40	30.70
Unit fuel price, 2019 average*	€/litre	1.0211	1.0443
Fuel cost	€/yr	36,975	37,973
Tyres	€/yr	3,114	3,650
Maintenance-repair	€/yr	9,341	9,200
Tolls	€/an	10,033	21,000
Insurance (vehicle)	€/yr	2,367	4,000
Axle tax and other vehicle taxes	€/yr	516	1,342
Synthesis - cost price (except structural costs)		129,488	141,460
Cost/mileage ratio per annum	€/km	1.12	1.19
Base 100 France		100	106

*after partial recovery of excise duties in France

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Comparison between the cost of drivers in France and the United Kingdom, values 2018 updated in 2019

	Unit	France (statistic)	- United Kingdom (simulation)
Gross salary (miscellaneous bonuses and overtime included) subject to social contributions and to income tax	€/yr	31,080	35,400
Travel allowances and other elements of remuneration not subject to social contributions nor to income tax	€/yr	9,920	7,700
Employer contributions (after deduction of state aids)*	%	25.8 %	9.9 %
Employer contributions in absolute terms	€/yr	8,019	3,519
Annual cost total	€/yr	49,019	46,689
Number of actual working days per year	d/yr	218	227
Working time per year	h/yr	1,602	1,895
Annual mileage	km	109,829	113,000
Cost of one hour's work	€/h	30.60	24.64
Base 100 France		100	81
Cost per kilometre	€/km	0.45	0.41
Base 100 France		100	92