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Registrations of commercial vehicles down a 73.6% in February, according to Anfac
24/03/2009
March 24, 2009
The commercial vehicles market continues to show strong declines in their numbers. Specifically in the month of February, registrations have fallen a 73.6%, accumulating a loss in the two months of 72.9 per cent, the largest in the history in this type of vehicle, according to data collected by the Spanish Association of manufacturers of cars and trucks (Anfac).
Different segments show strong falls in February and which have year, highlighting the accumulated decreases of the freight services (- 78.8%) and rigid vehicles (- 72.4%), the two segments more closely tied to the construction sector. Vehicle light and media in turn decrease respectively a 40.9 and 60.7 per cent. The situation of the small and medium enterprises with financial problems, the fall of the sector of construction, the increase in unemployment, and the important decline of industrial activity, still struggling with orders of this type of vehicle. In regards to the market of buses, coaches and minibuses, their figures also show falling from 26.9% in February and 20.3 per cent in the two months as a whole.
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