Commercial vehicle imports are down overall in January compared with the previous month, latest NZ Customs motor vehicle statistics show.
There was a total of 2,431 new trucks and vans under 3500kg in January. This is compared to 3,514 in December.
New trucks and vans over 3500kg were slightly up with 350 units compared with 263 in December.
Meanwhile the total number of used trucks and vans overall was 565 units in January, down by 41 units.
However, bus imports are up slightly at the start of the year with a total number of new and used imports at 57 in January, up 24 units.
The total number of truck and van imports for 2017 was 50,294. While the total number of bus imports for the year was 1,260.
