Output Stable : Exports Drop
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PRODUCTION of commercial vehicles in July averaged 5,106 a week, compared with 5,113 a week in June. The total for the month was 20.424, of which 13,005 were for export and 7,419 for the home market.
Goods vehicles, road haulage tractors and special vehicles numbered 19,676, of which 9.714 were under 15-cwt. capacity; 9,659, 15 cwt.-6 tons, and 303 aver 6 tons. Of 663 passenger vehicles, 446 were single-deck and 212 were double-deck motorbuses, and five were trolleybuses. Battery-electrics numbered 85.
Output for the first seven months totalled 155,338 vehicles (98,803 for export and 56,535 for home users), made up as follows;-147,230 goods vehicles, road haulage tractors and special vehicles (72,549 under 15 cwt., 70,711, 15 cwt.-6 tons; 3,970 over 6 tons); 7,136 passenger vehicles (4,396 single-deck and 2,580 double-deck motorbuses; 160 trolleybuses); 972 battery-elect ries.
In the period from January to July, 392 electric prams and 3,850 works trucks were also built.
July's exports of vehicles, industrial trucks and trailers totalled 13.170 units (f5,575,725), compared with 14,994 (£6,122,151) in June. In the first seven months of the year, exports rose to 90,123 units (£37,385,610). In addition, 1.979 used commercial vehicles 0:1,515,716). 44,471 agricultural tractors (115,712,473) and parts and accessories to the value of £28,905,097 were shipped.