Definition

The purpose of the ‘EA grain tipper – excluding diesel’ index is to monitor changes in the costs, excluding diesel, of bulk road transport of products mainly from the agricultural and agri-food sector using articulated vehicles (EA) consisting of road tractors/semi-trailer grain tippers, high-volume tippers or alternating moving floor tippers (FMA) powered by diesel fuel, when providing transport services for third parties.

The vast majority of EA grain tipper services are carried out at the maximum authorized load, within the 44-tonne gross vehicle weight limit. These services are not limited to local transport of crops (wheat, potatoes, beet, etc.), but also include long-distance transport of other products throughout the year.

From 2023 onwards, this index will extend the ‘40-tonne grain tipper excluding diesel’ index, which was discontinued in December 2022.

base 100 = December 2000.