HALF-YEAR IMPORTS.
H,940 CARS AND CHASSIS. Motor vehicle and accessory imports for the first six months of this year reached the uecorcj value of £2,887,498. They were made up of cars, £1,498,319; car chassis, £358,701; trucks and buses, £298,578: tyre% £.538,4.32; materials and parts, £193,468. An interesting feature was the ' heavy imports of chassis from Canada. This 'ndicates extension of the New Zeal™d body-building industry. Of the 5612 motor-cars imported from Canada for be siv months. 3070 were without bodies This is actually more chassis than were imported from Canada for the whole of 1925. Following are details of imports of cars and car chassis for the first sk months of this year:— Canada .. .. 5,612 643,900 United States .. 4,729 838,028 United Kingdom . 1,343 831.G84 Italy '• .. ... 167 27,997 Franco .. 78 12,216 Belgium .. ti' G 3,195 Totals .. .. 11,940 J>WM)2O
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19418, 28 August 1926, Page 10 (Supplement)
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137HALF-YEAR IMPORTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19418, 28 August 1926, Page 10 (Supplement)
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