MOVING METRICS – THE SALES NUMBERS – JUNE

7 MinutesBy NZ Trucking magazineOctober 6, 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 June
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 June 2020 by major manufacturers

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

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

RUC purchase for June 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 31 May 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- 30 Jun 2020 7,360,436,176 $957,724,147 1,226,739,363

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- 30 Jun 2019 3,844,683,599 768,936,720
1 Jan 2020- 30 Jun2020 5,284,828,593 880,804,766

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 May 2020) for selected RUC types

RUC class RUC value ($) RUC Distance (Km)
2 $79,760,279 530,876,279
6 $99,965,987 246,224,940
43 $45,078,688 199,057,588
14 $75,035,435 182,559,240
951 $27,761,303 162,720,553
h94 $36,310,586 88,652,175
33 $14,919,884 84,523,062
408 $19,224,837 50,777,596
Total Year to Date $398,056,999

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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