Ansemat Analyses the situation of the Spanish market of compact tractors

The forecasts for 2011 aimed that it would close the year with some sales of hardly 10.000 tractors in all Spain, included all the versions, what is a really low figure in comparison with the volumes that have handled in our country during years. From Ansemat, the National Association of Machinery Agropecuaria, Forestry and of Green Spaces, does the following balance on the situation of this market to general level and also, more specifically, in the segment of the compact: “To comprise this situation, have to take into account the behaviour of the market of global tractors that has suffered the consequences of a coyuntura economic very negative, especially in this last year. The internal analysis in the groups of work of Ansemat observes a fragmentation of the market of these vehicles between the most powerful and with greater technological application and those that could place inside half series with lower specifications”.

There are several appearances that play in favour of the demand of compact tractors with regard to other versions. For example, a greater profesionalización of the sector does that the users look for versions adapted to the peculiarities of his work and no so many big teams that could seem useful to face all type of works. The specialisation, including these compact versions, allows in some fields improve the performance and productivity, in addition to reducing the costs by consumption.

Like this also understand it from Ansemat: “To tenor of the figures of registrations of the Official Register of Agricultural Machinery and of the analyses of the market of the Commission of Tractors of Ansemat, in the last years is observing a tendency to the profesionalismo in the agricultural works, forest and of green spaces, that defines the demand of machinery. Fruit of this demand observes a skilled application and a technological offer very varied by part of the manufacturers of machinery respecting criteria of sustainability, energetic efficiency, saving and environmental protection. With everything, this demand and need of investment have seen presionadas by the bad economic moment that carries dragging the last years and that have been able to vary the decisions of purchase in function of the capacity and economic saving. By moments, the turn to a no professional work, also called of hobby, has been able to increase the demand of this group of tractors”.

The compact tractor has helped to mechanise tasks that until does not do a lot came realising in a lot of cases manualmente. His small dimensions have allowed to extrapolate to works in small surfaces the virtues that have favoured the growth of the biggest tractor in another type of applications.

“Attending to the profesionalización of the demand are speaking that the compact tractors offer specificity, technology, manoeuvrability or efficiency in front of other vehicles that do not direct specifically to the rank of works that can cover this type of tractors. Besides, it is possible that, on economic grounds, saving the investment in vehicles bigger, have observed an investment in tractors that have been allocated to other works to which does not direct the offer of concrete form, although they are adapted because of his high technology and capacity of work”, indicate from Ansemat.

Another note stood out of these compact tractors is his versatilidad, when can instrument different implementos and accessories that allows them face up to a wide variety of works. Therefore they result very useful no only in tasks of gardening, but also in municipal works, paisajismo, public work, horticulture, etc.

Regarding the question of if they differ a lot the compact tractors employees in Gardening of the used in Agriculture, Ansemat does the following assessment: “Regarding technology, security or broadcasts, do not differ of other bigger vehicles or powerful like which devote to the big agricultural works. However it exists a big worry and application in the design to adapt to different exigencias by the different frames of plantation, circulation by narrow roads, low height or high clear, ergonomics and protection of the operario, manejabilidad and manoeuvrability, simplicity or protection in function of the stages in which they use this type of tractors”.

The national market of machinery has his peculiarities and in this sense the compact tractor, in comparison with other European countries, also offers a clear differentiation so much in maturity as in volume. “As it occurs with other types and ranks of tractors, the comparisons are difficult since the similarities between the types of agricultures, agricultural landscapes, exploitations and agriculturalists are different to the ones of our European neighbours. Establish comparisons with countries that, in some cases, can bend the Spanish market of tractors is difficult. Yes we can think in positive in relation to the tendency to the profesionalización of the profile of the demandante, to the greater information and training that east possesses and regarding his application to his decisions of purchase, to define a greater maturity of face to the future”.

Of face to the future, the forecasts are not at all halagüeñas and all the indicators descartan a recovery in the short term. But there are some indicators that do to think that the compact tractor can see less affected by the crisis that another type of products. “The difficult coyuntura economic is presionando to all the levels to the sector of the mechanisation and especially to the tractors by the difficulty of access to the credit with which find the buyers. These effects Are leaving notice in all the groups of power and types of tractors, in spite of what the compact have attained to keep his level of market largely because of the low level that reached in 2010, as in the case of the vehicles devoted to the agriculture of hobby and in the case of the low powers, in a lot of cases because of his price, more affordable”, concludes Ansemat.