Will it mean more Mus?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industr ... -used-cars
Thanks to its early dismantling of tariff barriers in the neo-economic push of the 1990s, a massive trade in used Japanese cars to New Zealand began and Kiwi consumers lapped up the bargains on offer.
That lasted until 2004, when Russia made its debut at the Japanese used-car auctions, sparking what has now become a competitive market, with New Zealand among the top six buyer countries. The market tends to attract countries like Japan where drivers stick to the left-hand side of the road.
Now the competitor that New Zealand used-car importers fear the most is Australia, although it has yet to show up on the chart of those snapping up the cars.
It is being tipped to enter the market in the next few years, joining Russia, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Chile and South Africa.
Russia is the powerhouse now, although its imports spike and then fall away each year in a seasonal cycle as some of its major ports freeze over, said Turners Auctions chief executive Todd Hunter.
But Australia was likely to also join in as its domestic car manufacture was vanishing with the likes of Ford, Toyota and Holden moving production overseas.