Commercial vehicle imports rose for the year, NZ Customs motor vehicle statistics show.
Latest figures show the total number of truck and van imports for 2017 was 50,294.
This is up from a total of 42,017 the previous year.
Data shows the total number of truck and van imports for December was 4,383, up 434 units from November.
There were 3,514 new trucks under 3500kg for December, up 673 units from the previous month.
New trucks over 3500kg saw 263 units in December, down 111 from November.
There were 10 new buses in December, down 39 from November with a total of 1015 for the year.
There were 23 used buses in December, down 10 units the previous month with a total of 245 for the year.
