Recent research conducted by The Conrad Group points to significant opportunities within the road transportation sector in Mercosul and Europe. This report extract seeks to highlight some of our most recent findings to provide managers for transportation related companies with an overview of this. The markets of Europe and the Mercosul region of Latin America represent a population base of 375 million and 240 million respectively with a combined 5.8 million miles of paved road. Road-based transportation accounts for an overwhelming majority of shipping within both Europe and Mercosul.