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This publication contains monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each State/Territory in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. The original data are sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, other vehicles and total vehicles at the State/Territory and National levels.


JULY 2002 KEY POINTS

Trend

The trend figures indicate that total new motor vehicle sales have declined for a fifth consecutive month with July 2002 figures falling by 0.7%. Despite this recent decline in trend, new motor vehicle sales rose by 6.3% over the last 12 months. New passenger vehicle sales continued to decline for the sixth consecutive month, down 0.8% in July to record a total fall of 5.2% since February 2002. Defying this trend are new passenger vehicle sales in Queensland which have recorded monthly increases since June 2001.

Seasonally Adjusted

Seasonally adjusted sales of total new motor vehicles increased by 1.9% in July 2002. Although new passenger vehicle sales declined by 0.8%, the growth in motor vehicle sales was driven by the sale of other vehicles. In seasonally adjusted terms, Queensland recorded the strongest growth at 14.8%.


NOTES


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Due to a processing problem with the data supplier for heavy truck sales Other Vehicles are understated by approximately 380 units. The missing units represent approximately 2% of this vehicle type. These missing units will be included in the August sales data for Other Vehicles due for release on 18 September.

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (a) (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change Passenger vehicles (%)	Change Other vehicles (%)	Change Total vehicles (%)
Original
2001	May	44,173	21,088	65,261	12.1	17.7	13.9
	June	49,122	24,435	73,557	11.2	15.9	12.7
	July	46,230	19,955	66,185	-5.9	-18.3	-10.0
	August	44,861	21,137	65,998	-3.0	5.9	-0.3
	September	40,257	18,992	59,249	-10.3	-10.1	-10.2
	October	45,575	20,805	66,380	13.2	9.5	12.0
	November	47,510	23,252	70,762	4.2	11.8	6.6
	December	48,193	20,838	69,031	1.4	-10.4	-2.4
2002	January	39,779	18,778	58,557	-17.5	-9.9	-15.2
	February	42,776	22,019	64,795	7.5	17.3	10.7
	March	44,828	22,996	67,824	4.8	4.4	4.7
	April	42,052	21,834	63,886	-6.2	-5.1	-5.8
	May	46,448	26,675	73,123	10.5	22.2	14.5
	June	49,101	29,680	78,781	5.7	11.3	7.7
	July	45,923	23,859	69,782	-6.5	-19.6	-11.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2001	May	42,953	19,347	62,300	-3.6	-4.6	-3.9
	June	42,934	17,824	60,758	0.0	-7.9	-2.5
	July	45,537	21,050	66,587	6.1	18.1	9.6
	August	43,344	21,124	64,468	-4.8	0.4	-3.2
	September	44,281	21,858	66,139	2.2	3.5	2.6
	October	43,579	21,162	64,741	-1.6	-3.2	-2.1
	November	43,719	22,068	65,787	0.3	4.3	1.6
	December	46,970	20,668	67,638	7.4	-6.3	2.8
2002	January	49,327	25,036	74,363	5.0	21.1	9.9
	February	45,836	24,037	69,873	-7.1	-4.0	-6.0
	March	43,275	21,485	64,760	-5.6	-10.6	-7.3
	April	46,228	23,784	70,012	6.8	10.7	8.1
	May	45,205	24,572	69,777	-2.2	3.3	-0.3
	June	44,206	22,533	66,739	-2.2	-8.3	-4.4
	July	43,865	24,134	67,999	-0.8	7.1	1.9
Trend
2001	May	43,287	19,710	62,997	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
	June	43,196	19,976	63,172	-0.2	1.3	0.3
	July	43,146	20,346	63,492	-0.1	1.9	0.5
	August	43,256	20,720	63,976	0.3	1.8	0.8
	September	43,757	21,186	64,943	1.2	2.2	1.5
	October	44,535	21,681	66,216	1.8	2.3	2.0
	November	45,348	22,103	67,451	1.8	1.9	1.9
	December	45,979	22,491	68,470	1.4	1.8	1.5
2002	January	46,309	22,862	69,171	0.7	1.6	1.0
	February	46,236	23,186	69,422	-0.2	1.4	0.4
	March	45,828	23,388	69,216	-0.9	0.9	-0.3
	April	45,264	23,478	68,742	-1.2	0.4	-0.7
	May	44,757	23,540	68,297	-1.1	0.3	-0.6
	June	44,329	23,617	67,946	-1.0	0.3	-0.5
	July	43,971	23,524	67,495	-0.8	-0.4	-0.7
(a) Other vehicles may be under-reported in July 2002. See Notes.

		NSW (No.)	Vic. (No.)	Qld (No.)	SA (No.)	WA (No.)	Tas. (No.)	NT (No.)	ACT (No.)	Aust. (No.)
Original
2001	May	23,438	17,865	11,061	4,153	5,725	1,138	621	1,260	65,261
	June	25,616	20,035	13,633	4,677	6,414	1,176	762	1,244	73,557
	July	22,850	20,304	10,872	3,978	5,391	1,072	610	1,108	66,185
	August	22,817	18,702	11,394	4,171	6,011	1,177	586	1,140	65,998
	September	21,272	16,295	10,303	3,670	5,197	1,044	508	960	59,249
	October	23,535	18,442	11,430	4,148	5,725	1,257	618	1,225	66,380
	November	24,667	19,544	12,505	4,515	6,118	1,427	670	1,316	70,762
	December	22,979	19,502	12,045	4,379	6,649	1,873	571	1,033	69,031
2002	January	20,414	15,658	10,737	3,727	5,481	989	525	1,026	58,557
	February	22,108	17,336	12,252	4,168	6,159	1,090	553	1,129	64,795
	March	23,923	18,330	12,694	4,224	5,880	1,093	658	1,022	67,824
	April	22,428	17,250	11,671	3,985	5,642	1,103	624	1,183	63,886
	May	25,763	19,540	13,507	4,648	6,344	1,343	763	1,215	73,123
	June	27,496	20,296	15,035	5,143	7,348	1,294	813	1,356	78,781
	July	24,643	18,721	13,462	4,457	5,562	1,174	579	1,184	69,782
Seasonally Adjusted
2001	May	22,229	17,183	10,742	3,938	5,367	1,163	568	1,110	62,300
	June	21,397	16,955	10,514	3,859	5,262	1,117	570	1,084	60,758
	July	22,218	20,451	11,503	3,955	5,725	1,094	614	1,027	66,587
	August	22,741	18,024	11,179	3,982	5,778	1,071	604	1,089	64,468
	September	23,542	18,040	11,679	4,249	5,834	1,061	616	1,118	66,139
	October	22,973	17,414	11,596	4,032	5,684	1,244	605	1,193	64,741
	November	22,625	18,039	11,991	4,086	5,730	1,351	677	1,288	65,787
	December	23,131	19,154	11,554	4,152	6,724	1,287	605	1,031	67,638
2002	January	25,954	20,074	13,478	4,894	6,629	1,358	721	1,255	74,363
	February	23,861	18,592	13,038	4,582	6,577	1,347	635	1,241	69,873
	March	22,901	17,896	11,820	4,113	5,346	1,156	569	959	64,760
	April	24,649	18,712	12,848	4,401	6,239	1,243	603	1,317	70,012
	May	24,411	18,895	13,093	4,313	5,933	1,347	692	1,093	69,777
	June	23,339	17,610	11,954	4,444	6,275	1,279	629	1,209	66,739
	July	23,122	18,333	13,723	4,295	5,757	1,159	556	1,054	67,999
Trend
2001	May	22,083	17,488	11,110	3,937	5,568	1,132	581	1,098	62,997
	June	22,171	17,552	11,169	3,956	5,555	1,099	588	1,082	63,172
	July	22,317	17,620	11,248	3,972	5,567	1,089	596	1,083	63,492
	August	22,500	17,715	11,340	3,990	5,621	1,107	605	1,098	63,976
	September	22,800	17,917	11,511	4,049	5,766	1,154	617	1,129	64,943
	October	23,154	18,206	11,745	4,145	5,960	1,214	633	1,159	66,216
	November	23,474	18,490	12,003	4,254	6,142	1,267	643	1,178	67,451
	December	23,743	18,725	12,268	4,348	6,254	1,302	646	1,184	68,470
2002	January	23,969	18,872	12,483	4,413	6,297	1,314	644	1,179	69,171
	February	24,115	18,878	12,610	4,439	6,266	1,304	640	1,170	69,422
	March	24,135	18,732	12,665	4,428	6,175	1,284	634	1,163	69,216
	April	24,019	18,517	12,698	4,391	6,066	1,268	626	1,157	68,742
	May	23,843	18,336	12,751	4,355	5,988	1,255	619	1,150	68,297
	June	23,652	18,194	12,842	4,330	5,931	1,243	613	1,141	67,946
	July	23,390	18,080	12,879	4,291	5,907	1,228	601	1,119	67,495