International Dealer News IDN 115 Oct/Nov 2013 | Page 6

STAT ZONE <<< Continued from Cover ITALY August ITALY year to date 12,000 180,000 2013 2012 10,000 160,000 -22.75% 2013 2012 6,000 120,373 120,000 8,000 100,000 8,614 -29.46% 11,151 UNITS 140,000 170,648 2013, Chinese motorcycle production is said to have exceeded 14,943,900 units for an overall decrease of -3.85 percent compared to the first eight months of 2012. Japanese motorcycle exports to Europe increased substantially for the first time this year at +8.99 percent in August (at 6,251 units according to JAMA), but for the year as a whole Japanese manufacturers are down by -25.26 percent at 82,333 units, down from 110,162 for the first eight months of 2012. Total Japanese manufacturer PTW exports to Europe were up by +28.68 percent for August 2013, compared to the year-ago month, but are still down by -22.33 percent for the year to date (92,431 units from 119,006). • UNITS compared to August 2012, but for the year to date, motorcycle sales are down by -2.36 percent for the first eight months of the year. The motorcycle market in Spain also continues its alarming contraction with sales in August down by -27.4 percent at 7,363 units; for the first eight months of this year motorcycle registrations in Spain are down by 13.8 percent at 62,819 units. Meanwhile, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) reports that Chinese motorcycle production decreased by -8.97 percent in August (to 1,781,600 units), having also declined (-5.63 percent) in July 2013. For the eight months to August 4,000 MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLES Source: ANCMA GERMANY: 2013 YEAR-TO-DATE 120,000 2013 +0.77% 2012 109,914 +2.59% UNITS 80,000 76,102 40,000 74,180 60,000 110,759 100,000 Source: ACEM SEPTEMBER 30th 2013 Motorcycles 2012 2013 Italy 170,148 120,260 -29.32 France 127,684 110,799 -13.22 Germany 109,750 108,731 MOTORCYC MOTORCYCLES C CLES % change -0.93 TOTAL P L PTWS Source: IVM GERMANY: AUGUST 2013 14,000 2013 -2.91% 2012 -13.95 UK 57,992 56,675 -2.27 2012 2013 % change France 86,508 71,924 -16.86 Poland 52,100 44,799 -14.01 The Netherlands 52,063 42,090 -19.16 Italy 40,136 31,470 -21.59 Germany 39,177 24,868 -36.52 Mopeds 12,000 10,000 8,000 6 INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - OCT/NOV 2013 11,761 62,547 12,114 72,691 UNITS Spain 6,706 6,000 7,436 -9.82% MOTORCYC MOTORCYCLES C CLES TOTAL P L PTWS