The Department for Transport has published an accredited official statistics release titled "Port freight quarterly statistics: July to September 2027", dated 11 November 2026, presenting provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for the period July to September 2027.
The document is described by the department as an accredited official statistics release and is presented in the form of provisional quarterly figures for that specific three-month period. The publication title and header supplied with the release identify the quarter and year covered and note the provisional status of the figures.
The statistics are explicitly concerned with freight handled by the UK’s major ports. The release therefore forms part of the Department for Transport’s statistical series that reports on port freight on a quarterly basis and is intended to record movement of goods through the country’s principal port gateways.
What the release states
The published release, as dated on 11 November 2026, states that the figures relate to the quarter running from 1 July to 30 September 2027 and that the statistics are provisional. The department’s heading and summary supplied with the item identify the scope as quarterly port freight statistics for that July–September 2027 period.
Provisional designation and timing
The release is labelled provisional in its title and accompanying summary, a designation carried in the Department for Transport’s announcement. The item’s publication date and the quarter referenced are given as concrete dates on the release itself: the department’s item is dated 11 November 2026 and the statistics are for July to September 2027.
The Department for Transport published the release on its official platform, where it appears as part of the government’s statistics output. The entry is presented under the department’s accredited official statistics banner and is indexed with that title and date.
The publication should be read as the department’s provisional quarterly return for port freight covering the specified quarter. The title, the department’s description and the date supplied with the item are the factual particulars supplied in the release and are reproduced here to establish the record of the publication and the period it covers.
Readers seeking the detailed tables, charts or methodological notes that usually accompany such quarterly statistical releases will find those elements referenced in the Department for Transport’s announcement; the headline supplied with the item identifies the release as provisional quarterly statistics for freight handled by UK major ports for July to September 2027 and gives the publication date as 11 November 2026.