Britain’s Motor Trade Shows the Value of Protection

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17917, 22 October 1932, Page 9

Britain’s Motor Trade Shows the Value of Protection

FIGURES which have been received from the Society of Motor MaimUo Uicers and Traders, London, show the value of pioUvtixe duties, and also how greatly imparts into the l fitted Kingdom of u.k ion vehicles have diminished, while cxpoits of British vehicles have increased. Whereas in 1927 31,354 foreign veh ivies t< l!u value of £4,901,7were imported, in 1951. the number bad fallen to 5603, valued at .'<-682,27?Sii.ee 1.927 tln-re has neon a steady decline in the value oi imports, atm there ,tre maav indications that 1932 will show an even more rapid decrease in tint United Kingdom's cons unptiou ot lor eigh motor veiiL’les. lie return also shows that the total

calm of in itor vehicles produced in 11—4 amounted to £65,120.01)0, as against. bod m 11-.24. an increase of o2 per cent. Ihu.i and accessories, including ouuii but excluding tyres, amounted to -_o.r./J.Oi.C. as against £19,3x2.000 oi 1t...... t be ii.uuher oi complete private 1 ais aiuoiiiileu to ihj.Lkv., and cuassia to, 1 pri-.atc cars 11,TAJ, giving a total ot L.7-.OL as against a totil ot 1 17, r-L'.-J in vomniercial vehicles show a still

greater increase, the total complete vehicles amounting to 32,800, and chassis for commercial vehicles LB,(MO, a total "t j ..! i.,;, as au'.iisnt a total of 35,200 in tb.'ii. The percentage decrease in the | jiivee over 1.905 for complete private cars and chassis was 22 per cent, and 35 per cent, respectively. _ . ' 'I |,e return also shows that British manufacturers now supply over 9a peg ( cut. of the- requirements of the total j h mi? market. In 1924 Britain imported j .09.770 000 worth of motor products and ' exported U9/.01.0C0. leaving a slight eV- 1 cess of imports over exports, but in 1931 j imp.nts were reduced to £3,283,000, and ; exports were maintained at over £9,000, | GOO. leaving an excess of exports over imports of £;>.fiJ3.CCO. (he average life j of a motor vehicle iu Brit .in is 7J years, . compared with 6| years in tlu* l nited , States. It is estimated that there ary 4 059.127 motor vehicles in the Britis.i Empire (which includes 52-5,846 in Au.stiaiia), am! 31,457.3-35 in the rest of the . world. The British Empire owns ove,VI. per cent-, of the world’s motor veld- j ties. |