In April this year, new commercial vehicle registrations grew by 5.1 percent year on year in the European Union, totaling 151,571 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). The month counted on average the same number of working days across the region compared to the same month of the previous year. Looking at the major markets, Spain (+54.6 percent) and Italy (+15.2 percent) both posted double-digit increases and France recorded a 0.4 percent rise, while new commercial vehicle registrations decreased by 2.1 percent in Germany and by 3.1 percent in the UK, all on year-on-year basis.
In the first four months of the current year, demand for new commercial vehicles in the EU was up 8.7 percent year on year, with 595,170new registrations. Spain (+43.3 percent), Italy (+14.4 percent), the UK (+7.1 percent) and Germany (+6.7 percent) recorded increases in vehicle registrations compared to the same period last year, while France (-0.4 percent) saw its market contract on year-on-year basis.