The number new and used light and heavy commercial arrivals in September all dropped from the previous highs of August.
New heavy commercial arrivals over 3500kg (GVM) dropped to 244 units from 282 the previous month, and new light commercials under 3500kg dropped to 2100 units from 2978 the previous month.
Used light commercials dropped from 492 arrivals in August to 339 units in September, and used heavy commercials declined from 86 arrivals in august to 77 in September.
Used car arrivals of 8683 units in September are the lowest number to land on New Zealand ports since the month of February which saw 9963 arrivals.
It is a rapid decline in numbers from the 12,133 used cars that arrived on New Zealand soil in August.
New car arrivals also dropped in September to 8352 units from the highest numbers of monthly arrivals in August being 11,712.
