Sales of light-duty bus sales (7.5t & below) rose by 132.6% to 30,278 units in the threequarter fiscal year (April to December) of 2022-23 from 13,015 units in the same period of 2021.

Sales of LCV goods carrier (truck) vehicles (gvw ≤ 7.5t) increased by 34.1% to 412,019 units in the first three quarters (April-December) of 2022-23 from 307,142 units in same period of 2021-22.

Sales of medium and heavy rigid trucks (7.5t gvw and above) in India improved by 19.2% in the third quarter (October to December) of FY2022-23 (Q3/22-23) to register 63,713 units, up from 53,439 units in same quarter of fiscal year 2021-22.

Sales of LCV goods carrier (truck) vehicles (gvw ≤ 7.5t) in India rose by a modest 4.8% in Q3 of FY 2022-23 to 133,340 units from 127,213 units in same period of FY 2021-23.

ANFAVEA reports that one of the best performances achieved by the Brazilian automobile industry was in exports of truck and bus chassis.

The country’s commercial vehicle market has declined sharply over the last two years, as economic growth continues to weaken due mainly to the global Covid pandemic. Last month’s decline was at a much slower rate than in over the last year, due mainly to the low base effect.

Export figures of commercial vehicles from Brazil in the first half of this year indicate a positive trend for the truck and bus sectors.

Bus and coach domestic sales (>7.5t gvw) in the financial year ending March 2022 (FY2021-22) reported unit growth figures of 61.20% to 11,804 units, up from 7,322 units a year prior.

Sales of light-duty passenger vehicles (7.5 tons and below) rose in the FY2021-22 by 65.1% to 19,957 from 12,088 in the previous fiscal year.

Total tractor sales near enough doubled (up 99.8%) during financial year (FY) ending March 31, 2022 (FY2021-22) to register 27,735 units, compared with 13,880 units in the previous year (FY2020-21).

Sales of LCV trucks with a gvw ≤ 7.5t grew by 15.2% to 456,032 units in financial year ending March 31, 2022 (FY2021/22), from 395,783 units a year earlier.

Domestic sales of medium-and heavy-duty rigid trucks enjoyed growth of 44.1% to 201,038 units in financial year (FY) 2021-22, up from 139,486 units in the FY2020/21.