Tractor sales during the fourth quarter of FY 2021-22 (January to March 2022) increased by 41.9% to register 11,941 units, compared with 8,413 units in the same quarter of the previous year (FY 2020-21).

Sales of medium and heavy rigid trucks (7.5t GVW and above) in India experienced a positive growth of 13.8% in Q4 of FY2021-22 to register 76,671 units, up from 67,377 units in same quarter of the year 2020-21.

Sales of light commercial vehicles weighing less than or equal to 3,500 kg in Italy were up 14.9% in 2021 on the year before, growing from 159,590 units to 183,320, according to figures collated and provided by ANFIA.

Sales of medium and heavy trucks (weighing more than 3,500kg) in Italy, according to ANFIA, grew by 5% over pre-pandemic levels, increasing from 23,606 in 2019 to 24,776 in 2021.

Sales increased by 10.4% in 2021, from 3,145 units to 3,471, but they remain well short of 2019 sales of 4,211 units (a 17.6% decrease from 2019 to 2021), according to ANFIA.

The market for trailers and semi-trailers in Italy grew by 32.3% in 2021, from 11,414 units the year before to 15,097 units, according to ANFIA.

Mercedes-Benz do Brasil recorded a 77% growth in truck exports in 2021 compared with the previous year, shipping 8,026 units to countries in Latin America and overseas markets.

The Ecuadorian commercial vehicle market showed its  best performance in the last seven years in the first quarter of 2022 with sales of 2,853 units.

The Argentine commercial vehicle market closed the first quarter of 2022 stable or flat compared with the same period in 2021, with 3,673 units sold.

Commercial vehicle sales in Peru registered positive results between January and March this year, surpassing volumes achieved in the same period of the two previous year, with 3,988 truck sales.

The Chilean commercial vehicle market in the first quarter of this year (2022) again saw different performance outcomes for the truck and bus segments, with 3,898 truck sales and 398 bus and coach sales.

Sales of city buses (many electric) as replacement vehicles to those in fleet operation in Bogotá led to strong growth in the passenger vehicle segment in Colombia during January to March this year (2022), with 858 units delivered.