Vehicle Imports down on last year

There was a significant drop in used imported passenger vehicles in January when compared to December 2017. Motor vehicle dealers imported 10,423 used cars last month, down 20.4 per cent from 13,097 imports in December, and it was a fall of 1.51 per cent against January 2017’s total of 10,583. There was a 6.5 per cent fall in new car imports when compared to the same month of last year – with 7,933 new cars crossing the boarder last month, down 556 units on January 2017’s total of 8,489. Light commercial imports also fell, with used down 10.5 per cent compared to 551 units in January 2017. There was an 18 per cent fall in new light commercials – from 2,968 units in January 2017 to 2,431 last month. Used car imports from Japan totaled 9,660, down only slightly (37 units) 0.4 per cent on the same month last year Imported used cars from the UK were down 55.7 per cent compared to January last year when 273 units came in, last month that total was 121 units.