Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe -18.92% for first six months of 2022
After a massive 'bump' in January this year (+42.58%/17,574 units), the latest available data from JAMA (the automotive trade association in Japan, which includes representation of motorcycle manufacturers among its membership) continues to show exports of Japanese made motorcycles to Europe (over 250 cc) down for a fifth straight month to -18.92% for the YTD at 86,618 units.
In total PTW terms, European imports from the 'Big Four' Japanese factories have been down for five out of six months for the first half year and stand at -14.33% (96,654 units) YTD.
Japanese made motorcycle exports to the USA have been down for three out of the six months in the first half and were -5.50% for the year to end of June at 34,030 units.
Total global Japanese made motorcycle exports from Japan were -14.22% at 153,064 units YTD, with global total PTW exports from Japan -8.72% at 203,369 units.
For the record - annual worldwide Japanese made motorcycle and moped exports (all PTWs) fell off a cliff in 2009 to 583,879 from over 1 million in 2008, having peaked at 1,641 million units in 2000. They have continued to decline most years since then. Most recently they were 463,123 units in 2017; 456,758 in 2018; 396,379 in 2019; 311,998 in 2020, but significantly up in 2021 (for the first time since 2017) at 437,042 units (+40.08%). European PTW imports from Japanese factories were +37.14% for the full year 2021 at 197,651 units - ahead of 2019 (191,144) and 2020 (144,127).
