The total number of vehicle imports are down in February but commercials are holding steady, NZ Customs motor vehicle statistics show.
The total number of all vehicles hitting the wharves, including trucks and buses, was 20,227 for the month. This compares to 24,397 in January.
Commercial vehicle imports improved slightly for February with the total number of truck and van arrivals for the month up to 3407 compared to 3349 in January.
New truck and vans made up the majority of these arrivals with 3144 units on the wharves.
New trucks and vans under 3500kg saw 2755 imports and vehicles over 3500kg saw 389 imports.
The total number of buses and coaches was also up with 181 arrivals in February compared to 107 the previous month.
The total number of cars for February was 16,639 compared to 20,941 in January.
This includes 7875 new car imports which were up in February compared with 7462 the previous month. It was the 8764 used car imports that saw a fall compared to 13,479 the previous month.
The total number of vehicle imports for the year to date, including trucks and buses is 44,624.
