The stock of licensed motor vehicles stood at 329,053 at the end of June, 1.2 per cent more than in the previous quarter.

The National Statistics Office said 79.3 per cent were passenger cars, 14.2 per cent were commercial vehicles and 5.4 per cent were motorcycles. Less than one per cent were buses.

New licences issued during the period under review amounted to 5,289. The majority - 4,152 were issued for passenger cars, 565 for motorcycles. There were 2,447 newly-licensed ‘new’ motor vehicles and 2,842 newly-licensed ‘used’ motor vehicles.

As at the end of June, 199,677 vehicles, or 60.7 per cent had petrol engines. Vehicles with diesel engines numbered 128,465, or 39 per cent.

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