Automotive and Aviation Services
The total number of motor vehicles registered in Trinidad and Tobago escalated more than 13 times its original figure from 1951 to 2000, according to statistics from a Special Report on the Transport Division of the Ministry of Works and Transport. For the same period, the number of motor vehicles on local roads increased from roughly 23,500 to more than 300,000.
The Transport Division has been forced to decentralise its services to improve, among other things, registration and inspection of motor vehicles, granting of driving permits, and administration of driving tests. Increased car ownership has afforded the Licensing Office of the Transport Division 1.4 per cent of the country’s total revenue every year.
Trinidad and Tobago’s car market has more than doubled since 2000, with the sale of more than 384,000 motor vehicles over the last six years. The Motor Vehicle Licensing Department of the Ministry of Works reported a 65 per cent increase in the number of motor vehic...
