BYD sales continue to boom in Australia, but the Chinese auto brand is importing significantly more vehicles than it's selling, allowing it to take advantage of a loophole in the federal government's new emissions regulations.

The Australian Financial Review reports BYD's inventories are significantly larger than those of not only Toyota and Ford, but also fellow Chinese brands like GWM and MG, as the company takes advantage of the credit scheme under the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES).

BYD has imported 50,918 vehicles this year to the end of September, per Register of Approved Vehicles data, but has sold 37,923 vehicles in the same period. In contrast, GWM imported 41,315 vehicles and sold 39,343, while MG imported 32,620 but sold 34,773.

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