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TRUCKS SALES * WORLDWIDE
* China - Heavy-duty truck sales for full year 2011 expected to reach only 900,000 units
North Olmsted, OH,USA -SearchAutoParts -Dec 29, 2011: -- After several years of rapid growth, China’s heavy duty truck market has been seeing continuous sales decline since February 2011, especially in the second half. The decline is mainly attributed to adverse effects arising from the dark clouds facing China’s overall economic situation, gradual phasing out of the country’s incentive policies, higher level of enforcement of rules concerning driving overloaded vehicles on China’s roads and increasing operating costs... According to statistics released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), sales of heavy duty trucks in the Chinese market for the first three quarters of 2011 were down 9.8 per cent from a year earlier to 712,000 units. Judging from the sales figures for November, the country’s total sales for heavy trucks for the year are expected to be approximately 900,000 units... Industrial analysts are also not optimistic about the sector’s expected sales for 2012. Li Ziliang, a senior consultant at Beijing Horizon Research Consultancy Group, noted that judging from China’s current economic situation and level of outstanding debt, the number of large-scale domestic construction projects are expected to face a decline next year. Combined with other adverse factors, the sector is expected to record zero growth for 2012, with sales basically unchanged from this year...
* Europa - Commercial Vehicle Registrations Up 8.4% In November
Brussels,Belgium -Trailer Body Builder -Dec 20, 2011: -- Demand for new commercial vehicles was up 8.4% in the EU in November, with 171,670 new registrations, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA)... The positive results were mainly supported by France (+9.9%), Germany (+13.9%) and the UK (+19.4%). Spain was the only major market to face a downturn (-14.6%). From January to November, the EU market expanded by 10.5%, recording 1,769,994 new vehicles. While Germany (+18.9%) and the UK (+18.0%) performed similarly, France posted a 5.9% growth and the Spanish market contracted by 5.9% compared to the same period a year ago... By segment: * New Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t (excluding Buses & Coaches) – "trucks": The truck segment expanded by 10.2%, with a total of 27,243 new vehicles registered. All markets saw positive results, from 3.9% in Germany to 5.1% in Spain, 14.6% in France and 21.1% in the UK. In the first eleven months of 2011, strong performances in the major markets led to an overall 29.9% upturn in the region. The German market expanded by 21.7%, the Spanish by 22.1%, the British by 29.61% and the French by 40.4%. Overall, new truck registrations amounted to 288,407 units... * New Heavy Commercial Vehicles over 16t (excluding Buses & Coaches) – "heavy trucks": November results for heavy trucks showed a 14.5% upturn, the strongest across segments. The EU registered 20,673 new trucks in the month. Growth prevailed in all major markets, ranging from 5.2% in Spain to 12.4% in France, 13.4% in Germany and 24.3% in the UK. From January to November, demand for new heavy trucks was up 37.5%, as all major markets recorded strong double-digit increases which reached 23.1% in Spain, 25.6% in Germany, 42.9% in the UK and 44.9% in France. In total, 216,841 new vehicles were registered...
* Japan - Auto Sales Jump
Tokyo,Japan -The WSJ /Auto Industry News (USA), by YOSHIO TAKAHASHI -5 Jan 2012: -- Japan's domestic auto sales rose sharply in December as car makers sought to make up for lost time after the March 11 disaster temporarily knocked production out of commission... But 2012 looks encouraging, as the government in late December decided to extend existing tax breaks and reintroduce subsidies for fuel-efficient cars in an effort to underpin the key industry... Climbing for the fourth-straight month, sales of new cars, trucks and buses increased 23.5% from a year earlier to 221,960 vehicles in December, up from 179,666 a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said...
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