Polish registrations still down for the year so far, but up in JuneAccording to the latest statistics released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Poland (PZPM), the number of new motorcycles registered there in June was up by +4.23 percent at 3,077 units, but remains down by -4.25 percent for the first six months of the year so far at 13,237 units.
This is still the best June market performance in Poland since before 2006, and excepting for last year, the best first six months the Polish new motorcycle market has seen, with sales now rapidly catching up on the levels seen in 2016, further confirming the long-term trend there towards more expensive, higher displacement (and new) machines. Total PTW sales were essentially flat in June at 6,664 units (+0.77 percent) and are -13.45 units YTD (25,738 units) though, again, the rate of market decline continues to slow.
However, that is only part of the story where the Polish market is concerned. Poland is an important market for used vehicles – the number of used motorcycles imported into Poland and registered there for the first time was up by +2.35 percent (7,357 units) in June, with the rate of market decline slowing to -2.99 percent (34,745 units) for the year-to-date.
Used mopeds were also down in June and YTD in Poland (-20.67 percent YTD), making the total of used PTWs (mopeds and motorcycles) receiving a first registration there -5.84 percent YTD (40,209 units). The combined total of new and used motorcycles sold in Poland in June was 10,434 (+2.90 percent) and just -3.34 percent now for the YTD (47,982 units), with the total number of new and used PTWs recovering at -8.97 percent for the first six months of 2016 at 65,947 units.
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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