{"id":4095,"date":"2012-12-13T20:03:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T20:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2012-12-13T20:06:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T20:06:17","slug":"cv-manufacturing-falls-again-in-november-but-car-output-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4095","title":{"rendered":"CV Manufacturing Falls Again In November (But Car Output Rises)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UK commercial vehicle manufacturing output fell once more in November, leaving CV output down by 5.9% for the year to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smmt.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">SMMT<\/a>) show that UK commercial vehicle manufacturing output <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3882\">continued<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3646\">to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3646\">fall<\/a> in November, while car output continued to grow. Luckily for the economy, our car manufacturing output is more than ten times our CV output, but it&#8217;s a sad tale nonetheless:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UK car manufacturing rose 4.9% in November and 9.2% over the year-to-date.<\/li>\n<li>CV output fell by 3.6% in the month and 5.9% over the first 11 months of 2012.<\/li>\n<li>UK engine production remained stable in November, down just 1.4% and 0.3% for the year-to-date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Here are the full figures &#8212; scroll down for a picture if all these numbers make your head hurt!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>SMMT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Cars<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Commercial Vehicles<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Total Vehicles<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Total Engines<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Data.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Nov-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>YTD-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Nov-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>YTD-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Nov-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>YTD-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Nov-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>YTD-12<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total<\/td>\n<td><strong>142,825<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,363,129<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>10,974<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>105,188<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>153,799<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,468,317<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>223,853<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2,345,167<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>% change<\/td>\n<td>4.9%<\/td>\n<td>9.2%<\/td>\n<td>-3.6%<\/td>\n<td>-5.9%<\/td>\n<td>4.3%<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>-1.4%<\/td>\n<td>-0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Export<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>121,303<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,127,045<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>5,631<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>60,183<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>126,934<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,187,228<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>132,473<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,457,275<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>% change<\/td>\n<td>1.2%<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>-8.8%<\/td>\n<td>-6.7%<\/td>\n<td>0.7%<\/td>\n<td>7.2%<\/td>\n<td>-8.8%<\/td>\n<td>-12.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>% of total<\/td>\n<td><em>84.9%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>82.7%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>51.3%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>57.2%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>82.5%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>80.9%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>59.2%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>62.1%<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Home<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>21,522<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>236,084<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>5,343<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>45,005<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>26,865<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>281,089<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>91,380<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>887,892<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>% change<\/td>\n<td>32.3%<\/td>\n<td>15.2%<\/td>\n<td>2.6%<\/td>\n<td>-4.7%<\/td>\n<td>25.1%<\/td>\n<td>11.5%<\/td>\n<td>11.7%<\/td>\n<td>28.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>% of total<\/td>\n<td><em>15.1%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>17.3%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>48.7%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>42.8%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>17.5%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>19.1%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>40.8%<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>37.9%<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If the table above looks too complicated, these graphs are painfully simple &#8212;\u00a0CV manufacturing has not recovered since the recession and continues to fall, while car manufacturing output continues to grow. These graphs highlight the problem for the UK&#8217;s CV manufacturing workforce:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4096\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4096\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4096\" title=\"SMMT UK Car and CV manufacturing Nov 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/smmt-total-manu-2012nov.gif\" alt=\"SMMT UK Car and CV manufacturing Nov 2012\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/smmt-total-manu-2012nov.gif 600w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/smmt-total-manu-2012nov-300x132.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SMMT graph showing UK Car and CV manufacturing for the six years to Nov 2012<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With Ford&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/southampton\">Southampton<\/a> factory set to close next year, there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much hope for a big increase in the UK&#8217;s CV output &#8212; but at least we should be thankful that our much larger car manufacturing industry seems to be holding its own against global competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest figures from the SMMT show that the UK&#8217;s CV manufacturing output fell again in November &#8212; although car output continues to rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1613,310,145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4095"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}