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• Commercial vehicle (CV) output fell 14.6% in January to 6,681 units.
• Decline evident across both home and export markets as restructuring impacts volumes.
• CV manufacturing figures are expected to stabilise in the second half of the year.��

“New Euro-6 engine emission legislation came into effect from January this year, a change which invariably results in a lull in UK heavy commercial vehicle manufacturing and a contributor to January’s 14.6% fall in output,” said Mike Hawes, SMMTChief Executive. “While van production was strong in the month, the 2014 market will, for some months, continue to be affected by the Europe-wide restructuring that occurred last year.”

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