Polish registrations down in AprilAccording to the latest statistics released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Poland (PZPM), the number of new motorcycles registered there in April was down by -4.29 percent at 3,411 units, with the year-to-date -6.75 percent at 7,144 units.
Excepting for last year, this is still the best April and first four months YTD polish new motorcycle registrations market performance since before 2006, and further confirms the long-term trend in Poland towards more expensive, higher displacement (and new) machines.
New mopeds were -20.72 percent in March (2,865 units) and are -32.84 percent (5,809 units) YTD, making the total of new PTWs YTD in Poland 12,953 units (-20.58 percent – April was -12.57 percent at 6,276 units) – the lowest April and YTD total PTW figures in Poland since before 2011.
However, that is only part of the story where the Polish market is concerned. Poland is an important market for used vehicles - used motorcycles imported into Poland and first registered there were up marginally in April at +0.73 percent (8,320 units), but are down on a YTD basis at -8.02 percent for the first four months of 2016 at 19,651 units.
Used mopeds were also down YTD in Poland (-23.49 percent), making the total of used PTWs receiving a first registration there -61.90 percent YTD (9,511 units); putting the combined total of new and used motorcycles about flat at -0.79 percent for April (11,731 units) and -7.68 percent YTD (26,795 units), with the total number of new and used PTWs -14.33 percent for the first four months of the year at 35,360 units YTD.
Although comparisons with Europe's other major markets are not precise, as this is the only market where imported used vehicles are recorded in such numbers, they are units that are being registered in Poland for the first time (rather than domestic re-sale units), so on this basis 125,455 units registered there in 2015 made Poland Europe's 5th largest total PTW market behind France, Italy, Germany and Spain (when these Polish trade association statistics are compared to ACEM's reporting for new units in the EU).
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