This information is put together from metrics provided by the NZ Transport Agency. New Zealand Trucking acknowledges the assistance of the media team at NZTA in providing the data.
ROAD USER CHARGES Total value and distance of road user charges purchased between 1 January 2018 and 30 June 2023 by purchase year
Summary of RUC transactions for June 2023 Number of individual RUC licences issued for month
412,257
Total kilometre RUC distance purchased (All types)
2,512,607,153
Total value of all RUC purchases (All types)
$175,264,153
Purchase period
Distance purchased (km)
Value of purchases
1 Jan 2018 – 31 Dec 2018
15,736,558,458
$1,875,364,397
1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
16,166,434,103
$2,041,939,272
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2020
15,421,400,378
$2,069,615,049
1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2021
16,204,803,262
$2,249,341,814
1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
17,683,361,155
$1,710,831,998
1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2023
9,700,005,855
$813,258,188
RUC distance purchased for RUC type 1 vehicles
A description of RUC vehicle types is available at https://www.nzta.govt. nz/vehicles/licensing-rego/road-usercharges/ruc-rates-and-transactionfees/ Please note data June differ slightly from that reported for the same period previously due to adjustments being made to the base data.
Purchase period
Distance purchased (km)
Average monthly distance (km)
1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
11,502,905,782
958,575,482
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2020
10,952,303,565
912,691,964
1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2021
11,427,917,860
952,326,488
1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
13,375,038,937
1,114,586,578
1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2023
7,393,674,052
1,232,279,009
RUC type 1 vehicles are powered vehicles with two axles (except type 2 or type 299 vehicles. Type 299 are mobile cranes). Cars, vans and light trucks that use fuel not taxed at source (i.e. diesel fuel) are generally in this RUC type.
RUC purchases all RUC types
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