MOVING METRICS – THE SALES NUMBERS – JULY

7 MinutesBy NZ Trucking magazineNovember 17, 2020

New Zealand Trucking shows you how the economy is travelling via key metrics from the road transport industry. From time to time we‘ll be asking experts their opinion on what the numbers mean.

Summary of heavy trucks and trailers first registered in July
This information is put together from information provided by the NZ Transport Agency statistical analysis team and through the Open Data Portal.

Vehicle type
This summary includes data from two heavy truck classes and one heavy trailer class.
A goods vehicle is a motor vehicle that:
(a) is constructed primarily for the carriage of goods;
and
(b) either:
(i) has at least four wheels; or
(ii) has three wheels and a gross vehicle mass exceeding one tonne.

Note: vehicle classes are not the same as RUC vehicle types or driver licence classes.

Vehicle class Description
NB (medium goods vehicle) A goods vehicle that has a gross vehicle mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes
NC (heavy goods vehicle) A goods vehicle that has a gross vehicle mass exceeding 12 tonnes
TD (heavy trailer) A trailer that has a gross vehicle mass exceeding 10 tonnes

A table of all vehicle classes can be found in Table A of the Land Transport Rule Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 2016 Rule 41 001 /2016
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/rules/docs/vehicledimensions-and-mass-2016-as-at-1-june-2019.pdf

First registration of NB, NC and TD classes for June year on year

First registration of NB and NC classes for July 2020 by major manufacturers

First registration of NB, NC and TO classes year to date

First registration of TO class heavy trailers for July 2020 by major suppliers

First registration in New Zealand for TD class heavy trailers year to date 2018 – 2020

First registration in New Zealand for NC class vehicles year to date 2018 – 2020

First registration of new and used NC class trucks by year to July

RUC purchase for July 2020, all RUC types

A description of RUC vehicle types is available at https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/1icensing-rego/road-user-charges/rue-rates-and-transaction-fees/ Please note data may differ from that reported for the same period previously due to adjustments made to the base data supplied to us.

Total value and distance of all road user charges purchased
between 01 January 2018 and 30 July 2020

Purchase period Distance purchased (km) Value of purchases Monthly Average (km)
1 Jan 2018- 31 Dec 2018 15,736,558,458 $1 ,875,364,397 1,311,379,872
1 Jan 2019- 31 Dec 2019 16,166,434,103 $2,041 ,939,272 1,094,452,842
1 Jan 2020- 31 Jul 2020 8,666,106,494 $1,130,577,462 1,238,015,213

RUC distance purchased for RUC Type 1 vehicles
RUC Type 1 vehicles are powered vehicles with two axles (except type 2 or type 299 vehicles. Type 299 are mobile cranes). Cars, vans, and light trucks that use fuel not taxed at source, i.e. diesel fuel, are generally in this RUC type.

Purchase period Distance purchased (km) Monthly Average (km)
1 Jan 2019- 31 Jul 2019 6,708,706,447 958,386,635
1 Jan 2020- 31 Jul 2020 6,194,636,363 884,948,502

Rolling trend month-on-month purchase of RUC during 2019 – 2020

The top eight RUC type purchases, other than type 1 in descending order

RUC Type Description
2 Powered vehicles with one single-tyred spaced axle and one twin-tyred spaced axle
6 Powered vehicles with three axles (except type 308, 309, 311, 399 or 413 vehicles)
43 Unpowered vehicles with four axles
14 Powered vehicles with four axles (except type 408, 414 or type 499 vehicles)
951 Unpowered vehicles with five or more axles
H94 Towing vehicle that is part of an overweight combination vehicle consisting of a type 14 RUC vehicle towing a type 951 RUC vehicle with a permit weight of not more than 50,000kg.
33 Unpowered vehicles with three twin-tyred, or single large-tyred, close axles (except vehicle type 939)
408 Towing vehicles with four axles that are part of a combination vehicle with a total of at least 8 axles

RUC purchases year to date (end of July 2020) for selected RUC types

RUC class RUC value ($) RUC Distance (Km)
2 $95,821,808 650,045,739
6 $147,511,085 365,326,108
43 $63,152,454 283,609,247
14 $109,482,758 267,140,083
951 $38,964,291 229,251,218
h94 $50,111,604 123,254,270
33 $21,617,041 122,871,881
408 $25,414,870 69,529,233
Total Year to Date $552,075,911

RUC purchases May 2020 for selected types


The red dots represent the cost of RUC purchased for that RUC type for the year to date March 2020 only, thus for RUC type 6 vehicles, powered vehicles with three axles, (except type 308, 309, 311, 399 or 413 vehicles), the higher value results from the high cost of RUC for these type vehicles above 12 tonne.

RUC purchases Year to Date (YTD)
Year to date: January to Mayl


By comparing distance purchased year to date with the same period for the previous year, any trends in changes to activity will become clear.

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