The global light vehicles market (car passengers plus light commercial vehicles) momentum continued in spite of recession winds and June posted a double digit increase thanks to the favorable comparison with the previous year, effected by short supply generated by Japanese earthquake and tsunami. However the first half was up 6.7%, showing the market potential and healthy, with new emerging countries able to sustain the global demand.
We report the exclusive focus2move.com analysis on the Top 25 Global Markets.
Pushed by local incentives, Japan was the fast growing market with 2.9 million sales, rising in the first half 54.9% from last year. The 2nd market was Thailand with a 46% increase and the 3rd was Indonesia with a 27%. Asia was fueling the global market, in spite of China, the biggest world's market, had limited its first half increase at 2.9%.
Double digit growing markets were also USA (+14.8% in the first half and +22.1% in June), India (+12.3% in the first half), Russia (+14.6% in the half), Mexico (+11.9% in the first half), Saudi Arab (+15%) and South Africa (+10%).
The worst market was Italy, with a 23.9% decline in June and 21.0% in the first half, followed by Turkey (-19.9% in the first half), Iran (-17.8% in the half, on estimated data) and France (-13.3% in the half).
Looking at the global ranking, Brazil suffered during the first half and had lost the 4th position gained last year and now recovered by Germany. India surpassed Russia and France and now is in 6th place..
Canada surpassed South Korea in 11th and will soon be 10th, as Italy is losing. Thailand jumped in 13th position, from 19th last year, with further fuel received by recent subsidies introduction.
After a weak start of the year, Indonesia is now booming and was ranked 17th, up 3 positions from last year, while Spain dropped in 18th from 15th last year.
In the table below, the Top 25 World's Countries, ranked by year to date position:
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Rank |
Country |
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Jun 2011 |
Jun 2012 |
Change |
Ytd June 2011 |
Ytd June 2012 |
Change |
2011 Ranking |
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1 |
China |
1.435.900 |
1.560.539 |
8,7% |
9.241.200 |
9.504.676 |
2,9% |
1 |
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2 |
USA |
1.052.612 |
1.284.935 |
22,1% |
6.329.284 |
7.268.506 |
14,8% |
2 |
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3 |
Japan |
344.213 |
498.098 |
44,7% |
1.869.966 |
2.896.110 |
54,9% |
3 |
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4 |
Germany |
307.283 |
317.944 |
3,5% |
1.732.885 |
1.743.799 |
0,6% |
5 |
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5 |
Brazil |
286.912 |
340.706 |
18,7% |
1.637.993 |
1.632.808 |
-0,3% |
4 |
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6 |
India |
182.631 |
200.551 |
9,8% |
1.276.519 |
1.433.760 |
12,3% |
8 |
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7 |
Russia |
246.848 |
272.125 |
10,2% |
1.229.063 |
1.408.142 |
14,6% |
6 |
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8 |
France |
248.420 |
246.858 |
-0,6% |
1.447.806 |
1.255.264 |
-13,3% |
7 |
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9 |
UK |
205.975 |
211.801 |
2,8% |
1.162.919 |
1.177.466 |
1,3% |
9 |
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10 |
Italy |
182.551 |
138.967 |
-23,9% |
1.110.994 |
877.769 |
-21,0% |
10 |
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11 |
Canada |
164.800 |
169.641 |
2,9% |
807.700 |
865.761 |
7,2% |
12 |
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12 |
South Korea |
140.525 |
133.949 |
-4,7% |
801.021 |
761.246 |
-5,0% |
11 |
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13 |
Thailand |
68.863 |
123.471 |
79,3% |
413.175 |
605.002 |
46,4% |
19 |
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14 |
Australia |
96.157 |
109.940 |
14,3% |
496.241 |
542.915 |
9,4% |
14 |
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15 |
Mexico |
68.365 |
78.508 |
14,8% |
413.126 |
462.238 |
11,9% |
16 |
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16 |
Iran |
93.473 |
77.582 |
-17,0% |
560.835 |
460.819 |
-17,8% |
13 |
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17 |
Indonesia |
62.544 |
88.893 |
42,1% |
360.646 |
460.596 |
27,7% |
20 |
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18 |
Spain |
93.727 |
80.404 |
-14,2% |
499.029 |
448.378 |
-10,1% |
15 |
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19 |
Argentina |
78.517 |
66.244 |
-15,6% |
439.964 |
439.785 |
0,0% |
18 |
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20 |
Nederland |
55.571 |
82.137 |
47,8% |
363.500 |
366.670 |
0,9% |
22 |
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21 |
Saudi Arab |
53.003 |
62.906 |
18,7% |
301.775 |
347.155 |
15,0% |
23 |
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22 |
Turkey |
81.393 |
71.067 |
-12,7% |
421.043 |
337.283 |
-19,9% |
17 |
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23 |
Belgium |
53.552 |
52.846 |
-1,3% |
362.202 |
316.239 |
-12,7% |
21 |
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24 |
Malaysia |
41.790 |
59.241 |
41,8% |
288.605 |
294.863 |
2,2% |
24 |
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25 |
South Africa |
43.275 |
49.335 |
14,0% |
264.480 |
291.788 |
10,3% |
25 |
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Top 25 Markets |
5.688.899 |
6.378.688 |
12,1% |
33.831.971 |
36.199.038 |
7,0% |
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Global Sales |
6.394.479 |
7.102.064 |
11,1% |
37.939.242 |
40.466.618 |
6,7% |
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