Arrivals of used trucks over 3500kg totalled 77 units in November, a record month for 2012 and well up on the previous best of 61 recorded in August.
This brings the year-to-date (YTD) total for the heavy used trucks segment to 530.
Used commercials under 3500kg also saw a record month for arrivals with 344 units coming into the country, bringing the YTD total to 2071.
Arrivals of new trucks over 3500kg totalled 195 during November, a drop on the 286 that came into the country the month before.
The figure is still up on the year’s low point of 93, recorded in September. There have been 2389 arrivals year to date (YTD).
New commercials under 3500kg totalled 1188, down on the previous month’s 1287 but tracking steadily throughout the year, with a YTD of 13,394.
The total number of commercial vehicle arrivals in November totalled 1804, bringing the overall YTD figure to 18,384.
New bus and coach arrivals totalled 48, bringing the YTD to 361; the used figure of 9 brings the YTD to 103.
Interestingly, used imports represented more than 28% of trucks in the over 3500kg category which were landed in November, with new trucks totalling almost 72% – the lowest monthly percentage of the heavy truck market this year.
