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Latvia shows Europe's 4th fastest drop in new commercial auto registration in January
In
January-October 2017, registration of new commercial vehicles in Latvia
declined 3.8% year-on-year to 3,086 automobiles. Of the 30 European countries
included in the ACEA survey, registration of new commercial transport vehicles
fell at an even faster rate Ireland (-14.5%), the Czech Republic (-5.9%) and
the UK (-3.9%).
Registration of new commercial autos also declined in
Slovakia (-1.6%), as well as Denmark and Hungary (-3.4% in both countries).
Meanwhile, the steepest annual rise in the
registration of new commercial vehicles in January-October was recorded in
Bulgaria (+21.9%), followed by Slovenia (+21.3%) and Greece (+19%).
In Lithuania, the registration of new commercial
vehicles increased 15.7% to 9,296 registrations in January-October 2017, and in
Estonia the registration of new commercial vehicles climbed 10.1% year-on-year
to 4,737 registrations in the first ten months of this year.
Across the 30 European countries covered by the ACEA survey,
registration of new commercial autos picked up 4.1% year-on-year to 2,054,850
registrations in the first ten months of this year.
The ACEA report covers all EU counties except Malta,
as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.