11,8% reduction in vehicle registrations in 2021

A decrease of 11,8% was recorded in vehicle registrations in 2021 on an annual basis

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A decrease of 11,8% was recorded in vehicle registrations in 2021 on an annual basis, while in December the annual decrease was of the order of 38,6%, according to data released on Monday by the Statistical Service.

Specifically, according to the data in the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" covering the period January-December 2021, in December 2021, the total registrations of motor vehicles reached 2.018, recording a decrease of 38,6% compared to December 2020. The registrations saloon passenger cars also fell 38,6% to 1.567.

A press release posted on the official website of the Statistical Service states that during the period January-December 2021, the total number of registered vehicles decreased by 11,8% and reached 34.716, compared to 39.367 during the same period. 2020.Also, the number of passenger cars registered in saloon decreased by 12,8% and reached 26.634, compared to 30.554 in the corresponding period of 2020. Of the total number of passenger cars in saloon, 10.611 or 39,8% were new and 16.023 or 60,2 , 51% were used cars. It is added that bus registrations decreased to 2021 in the period January-December 305, from 2020 in the same period of XNUMX.

At the same time, registrations of freight vehicles decreased to 4.035 in the period January-December 2021, compared to 4.833 in the corresponding period of 2020, recording a decrease of 16,5%. Specifically, light trucks decreased by 19,5% to 3.070, heavy trucks by 18,4% to 461 and road tractors (trailers) by 0,5% to 181, while rental vehicles increased by 17,9% to 323.In relation to the registrations of mopeds <50ke, it is reported that they remained at 246 in the period January-December 2021, as many as in the corresponding period of the previous year. In contrast, motorcycle registrations> 50k increased by 11,2% to 3.324 in the period January-December 2021, compared to 2.989 in the same period of 2020. The main suppliers of motor vehicles in Cyprus in 2021 were Japan (33,3%) , Germany (17,1%), France (7,8%) and the United Kingdom (6,6%).

Source: KYPE