Friday 27 December 2013

STATZone


StatZone - Spain, Italy, UK, Japan, China


SPAIN - November +9.1 percent


SPAIN - November +9.1 percent as ANESDOR calls for equal treatment with new car purchase incentives. The improvement in the Spanish market that began in September continues, with November registrations up by +9.1 percent over November 2012 at 6,235 units.

However, decline in the first half of the year will take some time to be restored, with total registrations for the year-to-date down a lot less than they were, in percentage terms, at -7.1 percent, for  a total of 87,214 units registered.
Commenting on the performance of the market in Spain, Jose Maria Riano, Secretary General of ANESDOR, the motorcycle industry association in Spain said that "the November registration statistics provide further evidence that improving economic conditions and consumer confidence in Spain are reflected in the positive trend we are now seeing".
He went on to say "however, the year-to-date decrease of -7.1 percent and the aging nature of the fleet (14.1 years for motorcycles against 12 years old for passenger cars) shows that our market is still being affected by absence from some of the economic initiatives in Spain, such as Plan PIVE old vehicle replacement scheme (the Efficient Vehicle Incentive Programme).
"There is no reason why motorcycles and their owners should be discriminated against - only 3 percent of the total budget to encourage owners to change their vehicles sooner is being targeted towards replacement of Powered Two Wheelers despite the overwhelming economic and public benefits that full extension to our industry would deliver".

ITALY - November -4.75 percent

Registrations declined to -1.23 percent in September, but October and November saw decreases of -14.92 (10,220 units from 12,141 in 2012) and -4.75 percent (6,782 units from 7,120 in 2012) respectively. This brings the total units registered for the 11 months of the year-to-date to 149,923,down -25.94 percent from 202,445 in the same period in 2012.


United Kingdom - November up +4.03 percent

Total UK motorcycle registrations for November were up +4.03 at 4,308 units (up from 4,141 in November 2012).
Total motorcycle registrations for the year to date are up slightly at 77,632 (+0.54 percent compared to 77,212 for the year-ago-period.
However, total UK PTW registrations remain down for the year to date, at -2.42, with 87,794 units registered (down from 89,968 a year ago). The November figure was down slightly after a couple of months of positive figures at -0.59 (5,062 units registered, down from 5,092 in November 2012).






Japanese Manufacturer exports to Europe for October

Japanese exports of motorcycles to Europe rose by +28.95 percent in October, at 9,956 units, which is up from 7,721 in October 2012. This is the highest monthly figure since April of this year.
However, total exports for the year remain in negative territory - 99,834 units exported to Europe for the first ten months of 2013 (-20.56 from the 125,677 seen in the first ten months of 2012).
Total Japanese Manufacturer PTW exports to Europe follow a similar pattern - up +23.35 percent for the month of October (11,536 units exported, up from 9,352 units in 2012); with total PTW exports remaining negative for the year-to-date, at 113,476 units exported, down -18.51 percent from 139,248 in the equivalent 2012 period.





Chinese exports and production

Chinese exports remained positive in November, with 757,600 units exported (up +6.9 percent from November 2012), bringing the total units exported to 8,374,200 for the year to date, up +2.7 percent from the year ago period.
Chinese Production remains down for the year to date, but positive for the month of November (the first positive month since January this year). In November 1,982,000 units were produced, up by +6 percent compared to November 2012.
Total units produced for the year-to-date were 20,731,500, down -3.7 percent on the first 11 months of 2012.