The Department of Statistics and Research announces that it has issued the report "Registration of Motor Vehicles for 1998". The report provides detailed data on the registration of motor vehicles by type and category of vehicle as recorded by the Department of Road Transport.

2. The main developments in 1998 compared to 1997, were:

(a) The total registrations of motor vehicles newly registered during 1998 increased significantly by 21,8% to 38.798 from 31.857 in 1997.

(b) Private saloon cars registrations increased by 22,1% to 23.403 in 1998 from 19,164 in 1997. This was the result of a significant rise in registrations of used cars, by 34,0% during 1998 which reached 17.035 or 72,8% of the total private saloon cars registrations while new cars were 6.368 or 27,2%l.

(c) Goods conveyance vehicles increased to 7.422 in 1998 compared to 6.284 in 1997, thus recording an increase of 18,1%. Light goods vehicles increased by 19,1% to 6.883 from 5.780 in 1997 and heavy goods vehicles increased by 6,9% to 539 in 1998 from 504 in 1997.

(d) Mechanised cycles registrations increased 27,3% and reached to 5.795 in 1998 from 4.552 in 1997.

(e) Japan remained the main supplier of motor vehicles to Cyprus. In 1998 Japanese motor vehicles accounted for 67,4% of total registrations followed by European Union Countries with 22,6%.

3. The report is obtainable from the Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus at C£3,00 per copy.