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New registrations of passenger transportation vehicles decreased by 10% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, according to data published today by the National Institute of Statistics. During the same period, new registrations of vehicles increased by 11.8% compared to the first quarter of the previous year. 83% of the total new registrations are for second-hand vehicles.
In the first quarter of 2021 compared to the corresponding quarter of 2020, new vehicle registrations
for passenger transport registered an increase in the category of mopeds and motorcycles by 6% and decreases in the categories of buses and minibusses by 17.2% and cars by 10.3%. Regarding the new registrations of new road vehicles for passenger transport increased at
mopeds and motorcycles category by 18.6% and decreases in the categories of cars by 25.8% and buses and
minibusses by 6.5%.
With regards to new registrations of road vehicles for the transport of goods, there was an increase in all categories. More precisely: in the category of trailers and semi-trailers there was an increase of 26.2%, in the category of tractors of 25% and in the category of trucks (including road vehicles for special purposes) by 1.8%. New registrations of new road vehicles for the transport of goods increased in the categories of trailers and semi-trailers by 42.4% and tractors by 17.2% and decreased in the category of trucks (including special purpose road vehicles) by 1.6%. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, in the first quarter of 2021, new road vehicle registrations decreased by 17.9% for passenger vehicles and increased by 0.6% for vehicles used in the transport of goods.
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