International Dealer News IDN 113 July 2013 | Page 40

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Dutch Market IN the first three months of 2013, new motorcycle sales in the Netherlands fell by -15.6 percent to 2,667 from 3,159 during the first quarter of 2012. The three best selling brands in the Netherlands were Honda with 18.1 percent market share, followed by BMW (15 percent) and Yamaha (11.9 percent). Moped sales fell by 21.1 percent. SUZUKI SUZUKI Motor Corp reported that its worldwide net motorcycle sales dropped by 9.6 percent to 230.30 billion Yen in the financial year ended March 31st, with an operating loss of 11.9 billion Yen for 2012, which is up from the 2.4 Billion Yen loss they report for fiscal year 2011. The company says they sold 1.4 million motorcycles in 2012, 51,000 of which were sold in the United States (3,000 less than 2011). CIMAMOTOR 2013 THE 12th China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition (CIMA) will be held October 24th to 27th at the Chongqing International Expo Centre. Said to feature 55,000 m2 of exhibition space in 2012, featuring 60+ exhibiting motorcycle factories and some 13,000 spare parts companies, Chongqing is said to be “the most influential motorcycle city in China”. Of the 27m motorcycles produced in China in 2012, some 10.2m were produced in Chongqing. www.chinamotor.com BMW sales up BMW Motorrad saw sales up by 14.2 percent in May to 13,081 units. In the first five months of this year BMW sales are up by 7.1 percent to 52,400. Suzuki return to MotoGP SU