Despite many manufacturing challenges during 2021 including component supply chain and worker shortages due to COVID leading to full production line stoppages, the Brazilian truck market grew almost 43%, according to data collated and supplied by Fenabrave

The fall in registrations in Brazil’s bus and coach market fell modestly in 2021 by 2.5% to register 17,766 units compared with 18,219 units in 2020, according to data collated and supplied by Fenabrave

Sílvio Munhoz, Sales Solutions director of Scania do Brasil sets the scene for 2022

The Chilean truck market celebrated unit sales of 16,898 trucks in 2021, an increase of 58.7% over the 10,646 units registered 2020, a result that corresponds to the third best year of the past decade,  behind 2011 and 2012 when 18,585 and 18,309 vehicles were registered respectively - according to figures collated and released by ANAC (National Automotive Association of Chile).

The Argentine market ended 2021 with the sale of 14,827 commercial vehicles (trucks and buses), an increase of 41.1% over 10,510 units in 2020, according to data from ACARA (Association of Automobile Dealers of the Argentine Republic). ACARA stated the growth was due as much to market recovery as to the close collaborative efforts between the manufacturers and the dealer network to ensure the range of products available in stores across the country met the growing demand.

Despite supply shortages and production stoppages during 2021, the Brazilian truck manufacturers responded well to a market that grew strongly: According to data from Anfavea (National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers) sales in 2021 totalled 128,679, an increase of 43.5% compared with 89,678 units in 2020.

The commercial vehicle sector in Colombia has grown in recent months, ending the year with positive numbers in 2021. According to ANDEMOS (National Association for Sustainable Mobility), commercial vehicle (trucks and buses) sales rose by 77.7% to 35,567 units compared with 20,018 units in 2020.

The Peruvian truck segment ended 2021 with the sale of 15,680 units, an increase of 45.5% compared with 10,773 in 2020, and a gain of 27% compared with 2019, according to figures collected and supplied by the Automotive Association of Peru (AAP) based in the capital Lima.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by almost 10% to 305,868 units combined in the third quarter of 2021 after falling by 17% to 338,776 units in the same period of last year.

Japan’s market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw declined slightly to 100,778 units in the third quarter of 2021 from an already weak 101,522 units a year earlier.

The market for commercial vehicles over 2-tons gvw across the Philippines weakened significantly in the third quarter of 2021, by almost 23% to 17,726 from already weak year-earlier sales of 22,888 units.

The Malaysian commercial vehicle market over two tons gvw plunged by over 31% to 10,476 units in the third quarter of 2021 from 15,288 units a year earlier.