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UK - motorcycles -0.88 % to June
The latest available data from the MCIA ( the motorcycle industry trade association in the UK ) show the poor start to the motorcycle market in the UK in 2023 having recovered somewhat to be essentially flat for the YTD at -0.88 % ( 59,339 units ). January had been reported at -7.07 % ( 5,380 units )
90,000
60,000
30,000
UK registrations to June
63,548
PTW
2022
2023
-2.73 % -0.88 %
61,814
59,864 59,339
MOTORCYCLE and February at -4.31 % ( 4,503 ), with March at + 6.99 % ( 16,804 units - due to a lower-thanexpected spike in new registrations due to the plate code change in the UK - the first of two such idiosyncrasies in the UK each year ) and -11.96 % for April . Given the economic circumstances in the UK , these are probably as good a set of results as could be expected - even so it was still the fourth best first half market performance in the UK since before 2009 . The small ( and rapidly shrinking ) UK moped market was -32.82 % ( just 2,475 units YTD ). Total new PTW registrations in the UK were -2.73 % for the YTD in the UK at 61,814 units so far , but still the third best first half in the UK since before 2009 . Within that number , 1,924 new electric powertrain units were registered in the UK in the first six months of 2023 ( -46.4 % down from the 3,590 electric units registered in the first six months of 2022 ). The UK scooter market was -14.6 % YTD ( 2,826 units ).
Total scooter sales in UK YTD were 14,319 units ( -17.3 % YTD ) - the best seller in June 2023 was the Yamaha Tricity 300 . 12,078 ADV models were registered YTD ( -1.5 %), with the BMW R 1250 GS the best seller in June . Naked-style motorcycles are the largest and fastest growing single sector - worth 14,1457 units YTD in the UK and up by + 11.2 %. Brand share leader in June 2023 in the UK was Honda ( 2,382 units ), followed by Yamaha , Triumph , BMW and Suzuki . For the record : the UK motorcycle market was + 2.01 % for the full year 2022 at 108,510 units - the highest since 2016 and second-best since before 2009 . However , growth evaporated in the second half of 2022 with five out the six months negative ; two of those months were greater than - 11 % down , and that negative trend has clearly continued into 2023 so far . Total new PTW registrations in the UK in 2022 were + 1.95 % for the full year at 115,633 units .
Italy - motorcycle registrations to June + 13.10 %
Although it marks a slowdown in the rate of market growth so far this year , the latest available data from ANCMA - the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy - show new motorcycle registrations of 13.10 % ( 89,450 units ) year-to-date having been + 11.39 % ( 18,189 units ) and + 5.18 % ( 16,940 units ) in May and July respectively . Italian market growth had been running at + 16.44 % for the January to April period ( 54,311 unts YTD ). January and March had seen strong growth of 22.36 % and 25.85 % respectively . In total new PTW registration terms , the first six months were + 19.13 % ( 191,920 total units ), having been + 11.88 % in May ( 40,586 units ) and + 8.82 % in June ( 40,538 units ). Within that total PTW number for the first half of the year , scooters were 102,470
units (+ 24.93 % YTD ). The Honda Africa Twin was the best-selling motorcycle in 2023 so far ( 2,669 units YTD ),
225,000
150,000
75,000
Italian registrations to June
161,108
+ 19.13 %
191,920
PTW
2022 2023
79,086
+ 13.10 %
89,450
MOTORCYCLE followed by the BMW R 1250 GS ( 2,365 units YTD ). Honda dominates the scooter market in Italy with four of the top five best-sellers ( SH350 , 125 , 150 with the ADV 350 in fifth , ADV 750 in seventh and Forza 350 in ninth ), with the KYMCO Agility 125 R16 in fourth spot . The Piaggio Liberty 125 ABS is in sixth , the Beverley 300 ABS in eighth and 400 in tenth . For the record : for the full year new motorcycle registrations were + 6.35 % in Italy in 2022 at 126,571 units . Total PTW registrations in Italy for the 2022 full year were essentially flat at + 0.09 % - but the 270,416 total of new model registrations was the best for the Italian market since before 2011 ; of those , ANCMA classified 143,845 as scooters ( -4.84 % compared to the full year 2021 ).
Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe + 39.00 % to June 2023
300,000
Japanese exports to June
2022 2023
The latest available data from JAMA ( the automotive trade association in Japan , which includes representation of motorcycle manufacturers among its membership ) is showing exports of Japanese made motorcycles to Europe ( over 250 cc ) up by + 38.05 % in April ( 21,669 units ), by + 75.38 % in May ( 17,464 units ) and by + 65.57 % in June ( 16,993 units ). Continuing the positive trend seen in the second half of 2022 for a first half year of + 39.00 % ( 120,395 units ) - the best first half year market performance in Japanese made motorcycle import terms in Europe since 2010 . In total PTW terms , exports to Europe from Japan by the ' Big Four ' were + 34.44 % for the first six months of 2023 at 129,943 units - the best since 2017 . Japanese made motorcycle exports to the USA also
picked up in the second half of 2022 , but were -7.45 % YTD at 31,495 units so far in 2023 - the third lowest since 1999 . Total global Japanese made motorcycle exports were + 28.05 % at 196,003 units YTD , the highest since 2017 ; total global Japanese made PTW exports were + 21.20 % YTD at 246,484 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 %) and again in 2022 at 486,813 units (+ 11.39 %). European
225,000
150,000
75,000
96,654
+ 34.44 %
129,943
PTW EXPORTS TO EUROPE
203,369
+ 21.20 %
246,484
WORLDWIDE PTW EXPORTS
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 ) - and + 20.21 % for 2022 ( 237,597 units ). They were + 2.48 % to USA in 2022 at 117,474 units - the highest since 2014 .
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