RECORD YEAR

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 894, 11 February 1930, Page 6

RECORD YEAR

MOTORS EXPORTED FROM U.S.A. Despite a marked faliing-off in exports of cars from America toward the end of the year, last year was a record one for the American motor industry. The smallest shipment was in October, when 32,443 cars and trucks were shipped. The total exports for the 10 months ending in that month were 487,165. For the corresponding period of 1928, 430,300 cars and trucks were shipped, so that, in spite of the decrease at the end of the year, an increase of 13.2 per cent, on 1923 exports was made. The figures for last year were kept up by the shipments of trucks, for while 4,932 fewer cars were exported, the truck shipments increased from 112,654 to 174,326. Australia, which normally occupies first or second place as a buyer of American motor vehicles, last October was in third place with a total of 1,810. This is a decrease of over a thousand on the figures for the previous month.

The biggest buyer was then British South Africa, with 2,609, and Mexico was a close second with 2,261. Canada, which usually absorbs a much greater quantity, was in sixth place with 1,264.

In the truck market during October Australia’s purchases were heavier—--1,065. This puts her in second place to Argentina, always a large buyer, who in that month headed the list with 1,349. Canada is eighth in that list with only 386.