Arrivals of new heavy trucks (over 3500kg GVM) continue to flood across New Zealand wharves to meet the strong market demand. Year to date 1255 heavy trucks have arrived, as opposed to 1007 at the same time last year.
There were 346 new heavy truck arrivals in April 2016 as opposed to 244 in the previous corresponding period.
Used heavy truck arrivals remain steady with 287 units the year to date, slightly down from the 2015 number of 310.
Arrivals of new light commercial vehicles (under 3500kg GVM) have fallen to a total of 9060 units the year to date, from 11572 at the same time last year.
Arrivals in April 2016 totalled 3060 as opposed to 4265 in the previous corresponding period.
It is important to note that some distributors may have been stocking up on Pre-ESC regulation vehicles, and landing them before the July 2015 cut-off period, hence the decline in this year’s numbers.
Used light commercial arrivals have also increased in the year to date from 1608 in 2015 to 2317 in 2016. April 2016 saw 629 arrivals as opposed from 408 in the previous corresponding period.
New passenger vehicle arrivals in April 2016 totalled 8840 up from 7724 in the previous corresponding period, while used imported passenger vehicle arrivals jumped from 13,862 in April 2015 to 18,133 in April 2016.
