Vehicle Imports.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 February 2005

Wednesday, 2 February 2005

Questions (168)

Simon Coveney

Question:

223 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Finance the number of used vehicles (details supplied) imported per annum from 1993 to 2005; the number of imported used vehicles registered in the same period; the number of imported used vehicles registered that were exempt from VRT; the country of origin of all used vehicles imported; the country of origin of all imported used vehicles registered; and the country of origin of all imported used vehicles registered that were exempt from VRT. [3045/05]

Written answers

Minister for Finance (Mr. Cowen)

The data available, as supplied by the Revenue Commissioners, is set out in the table below. This data is collected with reference to vehicle registration tax, VRT, classifications and does not distinguish between all types of vehicles as both goods vehicles and tractors are category C vehicles. Accurate data with regard to the country of origin of imported used vehicles is not available.

		Category A1	Category A2	Category A3	Total A1, A2 and A3	Category B	Category C	Category D	Category M
		Cars up to 1400cc	Cars 1401-1900cc(1)	Cars over 1900cc(1)		(Car Derived Vans)	(Commercial Vehicles)		(Motor Cycles)	Total Reg	Total Reg
Year		TotalReg	TotalReg	TotalReg	TotalReg	TotalReg	TotalReg	TotalReg	TotalReg	Gross	Net	Exempt
1993	Used	31,980	1,960	—	33,940	1,318	14,869	103	2,661	52,891	42,774	10,117
1994	Used	39,873	1,372	—	41,245	981	13,212	42	2,630	58,110	50,171	7,939
1995	Used	43,882	709	—	44,591	1,007	13,758	51	2,650	62,057	54,719	7,338
1996	Used	47,318	846	—	48,164	1,035	14,771	66	3,058	67,094	59,264	7,830
1997	Used	43,991	837	—	44,828	882	13,866	82	3,185	62,843	54,468	8,375
1998	Used	43,605	1,309	—	44,914	1,053	13,614	86	3,377	63,044	54,774	8,270
1999	Used	15,403	18,432	3,657	37,492	1,285	16,635	91	3,325	58,828	51,116	7,712
2000	Used	9,716	12,195	2,982	24,893	1,094	13,020	130	3,633	42,770	35,397	7,373
2001	Used	5,494	8,305	2,341	16,140	852	11,850	88	4,488	33,418	26,417	7,001
2002	Used	3,906	7,280	2,652	13,838	992	11,280	92	4,272	30,474	24,370	6,104
2003	Used	3,877	4,978	5,773	14,628	1,065	13,044	95	3,933	32,765	27,446	5,319
2004	Used	6,046	8,715	8,812	23,573	1,428	15,469	76	3,606	44,152	38,434	5,718

Note: The registrations shown for each category are gross i.e. they include those vehicle registrations which are exempt from VRT.

Note (1): Prior to 1 January 2003 motor cars with an engine capacity greater than 2000cc were registered in Category A3.