International Dealer News IDN 133 October/November 2016 | Page 6
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Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe
+20.69 percent for first seven months of 2016
Japanese Exports to the US - July 2016
Japanese Exports to Europe - July 2016
15,000
6,937
4,224
TOTAL
L PTW
MOTORCYCLE
(196,777 units).
Total worldwide Japanese
manufactured PTW exports are
+3.30 percent for the first seven
months of 2016 at 254,485 units.
The increasing number of units being
made by the Japanese manufacturers
elsewhere in Asia, the US and
South/Central America goes some
way to explaining the data, though
the majority of higher value larger
3,907
MOTORCYCLE
displacement Japanese brand
machines, especially those being sold
in Europe, are still made in Japan.
Their overseas factories are primarily
engaged in making and selling
scooters and smaller capacity units in
'emerging' markets (where import
tariffs are high) and in making
ATV/UTV units - especially in the
United States, where demand for
such machines is strongest.
Swedish motorcycle registrations - Year-to-date
2015
2016
+29.42%
3,000
2,000
1,000
+6.25%
736
2,707, putting the
Swedish market
at 22,766 total
PTWs.
Next year's
MCMassan
Swedish
motorcycle show
will be held in
Stockholm from
26 to 29 January
2017.
7,009
Total PTW
782
8,518
-7.50%
5,000
UNITS
17,928 units in total; moped
registrations were +41.44
percent in Sweden in August
(2,007 units) and are +14.89
percent for the year-to-date
(9,407 percent).
For the full-year 2015 motorcycle
sales were up by +14.4 percent
at 9,424 units, with mopeds
+22.8 percent at 10,635 units
and all categories of MotoCross
models worth an additional
+1.04%
2,789
total – the best first seven months
for Japanese made PTW exports to
Europe since 2010.
Motorcycle shipments from Japan to
the USA were -7.50 percent in July
(3,907 units) and are -5.31 percent
for the year-to-date at 42,720 units;
worldwide Japanese made
motorcycle exports were -9.47
percent in July (17,146 units), but are
+3.36 percent for the year-to-date
10,000
2,155
TOTAL
TOTA
AL
A
LP
PTW
7,531
11,147
+13.11%
9,865
5,000
UNITS
+13.00%
10,000
Swedish motorcycle sales +7.28 percent
for first eight months
The latest data from McRF, the
Swedish motorcycle industry
trade association, shows new
motorcycle registrations at
+6.25 percent (782 units) for
August 2016 and +7.28 percent
for the first eight months of the
year (8,521 units).
In total PTW terms August was
+29.42 percent (2,789 units,)
with registrations +11.14
percent for the year-to-date at
2016
2015
2016
2015
15,000
UNITS
The latest data released by JAMA
(the automotive trade association in
Japan, which includes representation
of motorcycle manufacturers among
its membership) shows exports of
250cc+ Japanese made motorcycles
to Europe in July up by +13.11
percent (8,518 units), having been
down by -3.3 percent in June, and
up by +20.69 percent for the first
seven months of 2016 (112,073
units).
This is the best first seven-month
performance since 2010. For the full
year 2015 European motorcycle
imports from Japan were down by 3.65 percent at some 151,000 units.
Japanese manufactured total PTW
exports to Europe were +13.00
percent in July at 11,147 units,
having been +4.93 percent in June
at 11,175 units. They are running at
+20.66 percent for the first seven
months of 2016 at 121,847 units in
MOTORCYCLE
Polish new motorcycle registrations
still down for the year-to-date
According to the latest statistics
released by the motorcycle industry
trade association in Poland (PZPM),
the number of new motorcycles
registered there in August was down
by -6.86 percent on low volumes
(2,023 units) after having been down
by -14.71 percent in July, and remain
down for the year-to-date by -6.14
percent, at 17,706 units.
However, apart from being down
some 1,100 units on the first eight
months of 2015, this is the best
January to August new motorcycle
registrations market performance in
Poland since before 2006.
Total new PTW sales were down
slightly in August, but at just -0.37
6
percent (compared to -14.53 percent
in July) the year-to-date overall new
registrations position continues to
improve on a year-to-date basis,
being down by -12.02 percent
through August at 36,736 new units.
New moped sales were up in August
in Poland for the first time this year
(+4.38 percent, 3,100 units) and are
continuing to improve on a year-todate basis, being down by 16.86
percent for the period January to
August 2016 (19,030 units).
However, new model registrations are
only part of the story where the Polish
market is concerned. Poland is an
important market for used vehicles –
the number of used motorcycles
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