International Dealer News IDN 144 August/September 2018 | Page 9

STAT ZONE
Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe
-11.8 percent for first five months of 2018
Japanese Exports to Europe - January-May 2018
2017
Japanese Exports to America - January-May 2018
2018
2017
2018
TOTAL
TOTA
AL
A
LP
PTW
-11.81%
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORC
CYCLE
C
were -6.38 percent worldwide
(203,995 units).
For the full year 2017, Japanese
motorcycle exports to Europe
were +15.83 percent at 208,823
units - the strongest since 2008;
worldwide they were +12.39
percent at 362,558 units - their
strongest since 2009.
The increasing number of units
60,000
-8.10%
TOTAL
TOTA
AL
A
LP
PTW
being made by the Japanese
manufacturers elsewhere in
Asia, the US and South/Central
America goes some way to
providing historical context for
the data, though the majority of
higher value larger
displacement Japanese brand
machines, especially those
being sold in Europe, are still
-14.69%
20,000
40,000
107,117
-9.28%
80,000
The latest data
released by JAMA (the
automotive trade
160,000
association in Japan)
shows exports of
Japanese made
motorcycles to Europe
120,000
down by -12.33
percent in May (11.307
units) and running at
80,000
-11.81 percent for the
five months of 2018
(101,164 units).
40,000
Exports of Japanese
made motorcycles to
USA for May were
-21.40 percent (4,312
units) and tracking at
-7.66 percent (30,049
units) for the first five months,
with worldwide exports -8.11
percent (166,870 units).
Total Japanese manufactured
PTW exports to Europe were
-5.01 percent for May (13,305
units) and are -9.28 percent for
the first five months of 2018
(107,117 units); -8.10 percent
YTD for USA (42,691 units); and
MOTORCYCLE
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.