On November 1st, the All Japan Trucking Association and the Japan Freight Transport Cooperative Federation announced that the contracted freight rate index for October 2025 on the freight matching information network (WebKIT) would be 138 (down 4 point compared to the same month of the previous year).
This marks the first time in 51 months, since June 2021, that figures have decreased compared to the same month of the previous year.
As of the end of June, the number of vehicle requests was 84,424, a decrease of 18,322 (25.5%) compared to the same month last year.
<Trends in the contracted freight rate index (monthly), with April 2010 set as 100>
