Auto Industry De-Growth of All Segments Continue - SIAM

BW Online Bureau Aug 13, 2019

The industry produced a total 9,724,373 vehicles including Passenger Vehicles, Commercial Vehicles, Three Wheelers, Two Wheelers and Quadricycle in April-July 2019 as against 10,883,730 in April-July 2018, registering a de-growth (-) 10.65 percent over the same period last year.

The sale of Passenger Vehicles declined by (-) 21.56 percent in April-July 2019 over the same period last year. Within the Passenger Vehicles, the sales for Passenger Cars, Utility Vehicle & Vans declined by (-) 26.45 percent, (-) 7.22 percent and (-) 30.97 percent respectively in April-July 2019 over the same period last year.

The overall Commercial Vehicles segment registered a decline of (-) 13.57 percent in April-July 2019 as compared to the same period last year. Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles (M&HCVs) declined by (-) 21.63 percent and Light Commercial Vehicles declined by (-) 8.56 percent in April-July 2019 over the same period last year.

Three Wheelers sales declined by (-) 7.43 percent in April-July 2019 over the same period last year. Within the Three Wheelers, Passenger Carrier sales registered a de-growth of (-) 8.02 percent and Goods Carrier declined by (-) 4.82 percent in April-July 2019 over April-July 2018.

Two Wheelers sales registered a de-growth of (-) 12.93 percent in April-July 2019 over April-July 2018. Within the Two Wheelers segment, Scooters, Motorcycles, and Mopeds declined by (-) 15.58 percent, (-) 11.18 percent and (-) 20.17 percent respectively in April-July 2019 over April-July 2018.

In April-July 2019, overall automobile exports grew by 1.17 percent where Passenger Vehicles and Two Wheelers exports grew by 1.34 percent and 4.83 percent respectively. However, Commercial Vehicles and Three Wheelers registered a de-growth of (-) 47.30 percent, and (-) 12.80 percent respectively in April-July 2019 over the same period last year.