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RECORDS TUMBLE IN FIRST HALF RESULTS

Several years of sustained growth have led to an astonishing 2022 half-year result in sales of new trucks on the Australian market, with most truck suppliers working flat-strap to keep up with demand.

In light, medium and heavy-duty classes, a total of 18,394 units were delivered in the first six months of 2022, buoyed by astonishing sales in June totalling 4342 deliveries across the three weight segments.

As the Truck Industry Council (TIC) noted in its monthly report: “June 2022 saw a number of records broken for new truck sales in Australia.” Notably,

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