In April this year, with a total of 146,974 new commercial vehicle registrations, results in the European Union rose by 9.1 percent compared to April last year, posting a second consecutive month of growth, and reflecting mostly an increase in registrations in the segment of light commercial vehicles, according to the report released by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) on May 27. Compared to April 2008, overall new commercial vehicle registrations in April this year were down by 37.3 percent.
The light commercial vehicle segment was the main contributor to the positive results in April, recording 124,704 new registrations, or 13.7 percent more than a year ago, while new heavy truck registrations declined by 11 percent year on year in the region with 13,421 new vehicles registered. April results show an 11.3 percent year-on-year decrease in the registrations of new trucks which amounted to 19,501 units. In the given month, new bus and coach registrations fell by 11.6 percent, totaling 2,769 units, compared to April 2009.
In the first four months of this year, the EU registered 579,192 new commercial vehicles, or 1.2 percent more than in the same period a year ago, and 36.7 percent less than in the same period of 2008.
April 2010 | Year on year change (%) | Jan-Apr 2010 | Year on year change (%) | |
Austria | 2,683 | 9 | 8,490 | 0.4 |
Belgium | 5,325 | 3.9 | 20,522 | -1.2 |
Czech republic | 1,000 | -36.1 | 3,386 | -68.6 |
Denmark | 1,162 | -6.2 | 4,788 | -7.3 |
France | 36,303 | 31.2 | 137,448 | 13.1 |
Germany | 16,945 | 19.2 | 58,980 | 9.9 |
Italy | 16,018 | 2.6 | 70,656 | 19.8 |
Netherlands | 4,027 | -3.4 | 19,225 | -18.9 |
Poland | 3,181 | -9 | 12,090 | -20.6 |
Portugal | 3,831 | 20.3 | 13,778 | 19.8 |
Spain | 11,106 | 34.5 | 41,487 | 20.7 |
Sweden | 3,255 | 42.6 | 10,963 | 26.1 |
UK | 14,906 | 6.4 | 70,187 | 11.7 |
EU | 124,704 | 13.7 | 496,618 | 6.2 |