Record Output : Exports Up
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rOMMERC1AL-VEIRCLE produc tion in January was the highest yet recorded. The average weekly output was 6,347 units and the total for the month, 25,387. Exports reached 14,545 units, valued at £8,147,767, an increase in units of 2,652 and in value of £924449 over the figures for January, 1954.
Australia accounted for more than 1,000 unitslof the increase with a tolat of 3,326 for the month. South Africa and the U.S.A. also contributed.
Of the month's output, 11,925 vehicles were for export and 13,462 for the home market. Goods vehicles, road haulage tractors and special types totalled 24,560, of which 14,724 were under 15 cwt, carrying capacity, 4,721 from 15 cwt. to 3 tons, 3,712 Over 3 tons and up to 6 tons, and 1,403 over 6 tons, Output of passenger vehicles was 740, of which 630 were single-deck and 110 double-deck motorbuses. No trolleybuses were produced, but 87 battery-clectrics were built.
With the addition of parts and accessories at £8,539.797, the grand total value of January's exports was £16,687,564.
Yet another all-time record for output wa's set up in FebrUary, when produc
tion reached a rate of 6,500 units per week, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders announced on Monday. Matching this figure against that of February of last year, the increase is at the rate of 1,400 per week.
Export figures are equally satisfactory. During February, 13,000 commercial vehicles were sent overseas2,600 more than in February. 1954.