The 2022 fiscal year will continue to be a year to quickly forget in the Spanish automotive industry, given that it has registered a bigger decline than what the industry associations had considered. specifically,
813,396 vehicles were sold5.4% less than in 2021.
This means being below the 830,000 units that organizations like Anfac, Faconauto and Ganvam were considering. The three agree that a “healthy” number of registrations for a country with the population of Spain is around 1.2 million sales per year.
The biggest surprise was due to the poor sales performance in December, when 73,927 new registrations were registered,
14.1% less than a year ago. According to the three employers, this is due to “difficulties in transporting vehicles to dealers have left thousands of cars stranded in ports and fields, delaying delivery to buyers.”
Beating 2021 shouldn’t be particularly complicated in theory, as that year was marked by a shortage of semiconductors, which squeezed production and sales so much that they were even worse than 2020, the year when factories and dealers were closed . due to health restrictions.
On channels, only businesses recorded better numbers than a year ago, with 4.1% growth and 348,144 sales. Both residential and car rentals declined, with declines of 1.4% and 35.1% respectively. In terms of volume, these were 366,364 and 98,888 pieces.
For Ganvam, “the year was more complex in terms of registrations than the previous one and practically,
we have to go back to 2011 to see comparable volumes. In this third negative year in a row, with some 400,000 fewer units registered than before the pandemic, the lack of supply has put a dent in the market and all indications are that it will continue, albeit with less intensity, to to do in 2023 ».
In terms of emissions, 2022 will emit an average of 120.4 grams of CO2 into the atmosphere, 3.1% less than in 2021, but still above the 95 grams that the European Commission takes as a reference for fines per manufacturer.
In terms of light commercial vehicles, a total of 119,506 were sold,
a collapse of more than a fifth compared to last year, namely 21.3%.
Source: La Verdad
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